National Healthcare Quality Reporting System - Annual Report 2017

This is the third annual report of the National Healthcare Quality Reporting System (NHQRS). This report makes information publicly available on the quality and safety of healthcare across the Irish health system.

Its focus is on a balanced set of healthcare data that gives an overview of how our health service is performing compared to international health systems. This framework will build over time and it is acknowledged that future editions will evolve to incorporate measures of quality in the community and prehospital settings, as reliable and valid data becomes available.