Over eight in 10 patients had a good experience in hospital during 2021 when the health service was almost at breaking point and Covid was still raging.
The results of the National Inpatient Experience survey will come as a welcome relief to the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, who has been battling his way through his brief.
It shows that 83% of 10,000 patients surveyed reported the experience in hospital as being either 'good' or 'very good'.
