HIQA to draft national standards after Galway maternity investigation

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Galway Bay FM News Desk

Galway Bay fm newsroom – HIQA has launched an 8 week public consultation process on new draft national standards for safer, better maternity services.

It follows a review of maternity services in Galway University Hospitals group in 2013 and Portlaoise last year.

Both investigations identified the need for a national maternity services strategy.

This is the first service-specific standards developed by The Health Information and Quality Authority.