Self-assessment scores ‘not a negative’

Nine members of staff involved in the care of the late Savita Halappanavar have been disciplined, according to the West/North West Hospitals Group, with various measures implemented to improve standards of maternity care provided. Gary Culliton reports. The West/North West Hospitals Group has said “significant work has taken place” at University Hospital Galway since low scores were recorded in a March 2014 self-assessment tool document — used to monitor hospitals’ implementation of HIQA recommendations following the death of Savita Halappanavar. All the quality-improvement plans linked to the HIQA recommendations are managed and progressed by the Maternity Services Strategic Group and…