The Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, is one of the three highest performing hospitals in the country, according to the HSE’s first ever ‘league tables’ for hospitals.
The hospital was among three to receive the highest scores in the HealthStat results published on Monday, which rate hospital services according to a ‘traffic light’ system of green, amber, and red.
The Mullingar hospital received an overall amber rating, indicating an average performance with room for improvement. While it also received amber ratings in the categories of Access and Resources, a top green, or very good, rating was awarded for the hospital’s performance in the Integration category.
Just two other hospitals, Mallow General Hospital and St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin, received similar ratings, while four hospitals got an overall unsatisfactory red rating.
None of the country’s 29 hospitals managed to secure an overall green rating, with Mayo General Hospital at the bottom of the table.
When the three categories are broken down into their sub-headings, however, several ‘green’ ratings emerged for the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar.
In the Access category, Mullingar Hospital received six green and three red ratings. While it scored well for adult elective, admission, and physiotherapy waiting times, it fell short when it came to waiting times for consultant-led clinics and child elective.
Mullingar scored particularly well in the Integration category, picking up five green and just one amber rating. Positive ratings were received for Appropriateness of Admissions and Care, Inpatient Overall Average Length of Stay, and Percentage of Cases entered into HIPE, the hospital’s computer-based system which collects data on discharges and deaths.
The hospital was not quite as successful, however, in the Resources category, picking up three red, two amber, and just one green rating. While there was praise for the hospital’s Public Private Split of Activity, red ratings were given for Finance and Resource Usage, the Percentage of Staff Hours Lost due to Absenteeism, and the percentage of patients not attending clinics.
Meanwhile Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe also received an overall amber rating. However, a red rating in the Resources category pushed it further down the tables. The Ballinasloe hospital picked up reds for each of the seven headings in the Resources category.
