Our Healthcare team has begun a new monitoring programme against the National Standards for Safer Better Maternity Services.
The programme will measure hospital compliance with the National Standards, with a particular focus on how prepared are hospitals for dealing with obstetric emergencies.
Sean Egan, HIQA’s Head of Healthcare Regulation, commented: “The input of a specially convened expert advisory group, which has met on two occasions to date, has greatly assisted us to prepare for the programme.”
The first phase of this programme will require hospitals to complete a self-assessment questionnaire which HIQA has designed for the purpose of this programme.
The questionnaire has now been issued to all 19 maternity units in the State. It is intended that all maternity units will be inspected under the programme, with inspections due to start in the coming months.