Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

Professor John Higgins has been appointed as the clinical project director. I met him last week. His task is to engage with the clinical community in the region and to reach agreement on what should take place in Mallow General Hospital rather than Cork University Hospital or the other hospitals in Cork or Kerry. I believe this has been a very successful process and it is working well in the mid west and the north east. Mallow General Hospital scored very well in the health statistics and the hygiene audit and I compliment those involved. Notwithstanding how well the hospital performed, there is room for improvement. It performed very well on average length of stay.

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