HIQA publishes its first inspection reports of private hospitals following commencement of Patient Safety Act 2023

16 October 2025: The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has today published inspection reports of 12 hospitals. For the first time, this number includes both public and private hospitals, following the expansion of HIQA’s monitoring role under the commencement of the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 in 2024. Of those reports published today, seven pertain to private hospitals, while five relate to public hospitals.

Commenting on this first publication of inspection reports of private hospitals, John Tuffy, Head of Healthcare at HIQA, said: “The publication of our first inspection reports of private hospitals is a significant milestone for HIQA in its mission to promote safer, better care in both the public and private sector. The recent expansion of our remit will help to provide greater transparency across the healthcare sector and facilitate comparison of compliance in public and private hospitals with the goal of driving improvements in the overall delivery of healthcare in Ireland.”