News - National Care Experience Programme

First nationwide mental health survey gets underway

5 May 2026

The first ever National Mental Health Experience Survey is now open to people who have accessed care across 35 adult acute approved centres in Ireland. The survey is a joint initiative between the Department of Health, Mental Health...

Findings of Ireland’s second National Maternity Experience Survey have been published

10 December 2025

Ireland’s second ever National Maternity Experience Survey gets underway

20 April 2025

Findings of the 2024 National Inpatient Experience Survey have been published

10 December 2024

The sixth National Inpatient Experience Survey gets underway

1 May 2024

Findings of the National End of Life Survey have been published

11 April 2024

Findings of the National Maternity Bereavement Experience Survey have been published.

18 May 2023

New national survey asks people who have been bereaved about the end-of-life care provided to their loved ones

24 March 2023

New national survey to ask bereaved relatives about end-of-life care provided to their loved ones

15 March 2023

Findings of the 2022 National Inpatient Experience Survey have been published

15 December 2022

The launch of the findings of the 2022 National Nursing Home Experience Survey

6 December 2022

Findings of the 2022 National Nursing Home Experience Survey have been published

1 November 2022

New national survey to ask women about their experiences of bereavement care following the loss of a baby

2 September 2022

The launch of the findings of the 2021 National Inpatient Experience Survey

11 May 2022

Findings of the 2021 National Inpatient Experience Survey have been published

9 May 2022

National Care Experience Programme Impact Report 2021 has been published

4 April 2022

National Care Experience Programme Strategy (2022-2024) has been published

20 January 2022

Experiences of patients admitted for a tumour or cancer

17 November 2021

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Launch of new podcast ‘Let’s Talk Care Experience’

16 November 2021

Senior members of the National Inpatient Experience Survey Team thank staff within the 40 participating hospitals for their continued support.

Launch of the 2021 National Inpatient Experience Survey

1 May 2021

New national surveys of care experience being developed

19 April 2021

Women’s experiences of maternity care outside of hospital

12 April 2021

Women representatives give their views on the results of the National Maternity Experience Survey 2020

16 October 2020

Survey hub launched to assist in the development of care experience surveys

11 October 2020

Findings of first ever National Maternity Experience Survey published

1 October 2020

Babies in basket

50% response rate for National Maternity Experience Survey

20 May 2020

SPHeRE Network 6th Annual Conference

25 February 2020

Our Programme Director Rachel Flynn outlining what patients had to say about their experiences in 2019 across the country.

2019 findings of the National Inpatient Experience Survey launched

25 November 2019

Tina Boland, Research Officer, presented a poster on measuring the impact of the National Inpatient Experience Survey at the National Patient Safety Office Conference on 13 November 2019.

Presenting our poster on how we measure the impact of the inpatient survey

18 November 2019

This survey offers eligible new mothers the opportunity to share their experiences of Ireland’s maternity services.

New mothers will be invited to take part in the National Maternity Experience Survey

21 October 2019

Launch of the 2019 National Inpatient Experience Survey

1 May 2019

Minister for Health Simon Harris TD, HIQA CEO Phelim Quinn and Director of the NPES, Rachel Flynn

The National Care Experience Programme to develop new surveys

16 April 2019

Strategic Plan 2019 - 2021 cover page — We have developed a new three-year strategy for the National Care Experience Programme, which sets out our plan to expand the programme and survey to additional areas of health or social care.

National Care Experience Programme Strategic Plan (2019-2021)

12 April 2019

The inaugural National Inpatient Experience Survey conference

5 March 2019

Ennis Hospital. Patrick Lynch, HSE; Margaret Gleeson CDONM, ULHG; Patricia O’ Gorman and Patricia Buckley, Ennis

National Inpatient Experience Survey achievements 2018

5 March 2019

Blood pressure measuring

Patients report positive experiences of hospital care, but there is still room for improvement

26 November 2018

GDPR and the National Care Experience Programme

5 November 2018

Brian Place

How the patient’s voice can improve healthcare

11 April 2018

What should be improved in hospital care?

27 March 2018

What stood out about the results of the National Inpatient Experience Survey 2017?

26 March 2018