INICUA

Irish National ICU Audit

The Irish National Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Audit is a quality and patient safety initiative that measures the quality of care in each ICU, benchmarking against international standards. Activity within the participating ICUs is carefully measured to help improve the standard of critical care within hospital groups and across the country.

Objectives Benefits

Key Findings

INICUA 2023 Report

This is the seventh national report from the Irish National ICU Audit. It includes activity from 25 adult public hospitals, which collectively provided 99.8% of Level 3 ICU care in adult HSE-funded hospitals in 2023. The Irish National ICU Audit documented the care of 14,363 patients for 15,152 admissions in 29 ICUs/HDUs across 25 adult public hospitals in Ireland during 2023.

Report Details

Key Findings

INICUA 2022 Report

This is the sixth national report from the Irish National ICU Audit. It includes activity from 22 adult public hospitals, which collectively provided 96% of Level 3 ICU care in adult HSE-funded hospitals in 2022. The ICU audit documented 11,008 admissions of 10,423 patients to 26 Units in 22 hospitals.

Report Details

Patient & Public Interest

As a former ICU patient, an advocate for improving ICU aftercare, and chairperson of ICUsteps Dublin, I welcome being public and patient (PPI) representative on the ICU audit governance committee. I trust that clinical audit will lead to improvements in clinical care and ultimately better outcomes for patients and I am fully committed to this process.

Barbara Egan, PPI Representative, INICUA Governance Committee

Babara's Story