There were not adequate facilities for a disabled person in the private ward, the showers were disgracefully filthy, the domestic staff were obnoxious to patients, the doctors didn't credit the level of pain I was in.

Overall I have been extremely impressed by the profesionalism and care in the Mater Private.

The standard of care I have received at the Blackrock Clinic has been excellent but there are two ares it could improve on. Firstly, it can take a long time to go through the admissions procedure and paperwork even for day care which is frustrating as I have to attend weekly and need to have my treatment completed before I go to work. Delays have occurred a few times causing me to be late for work. The Blackrock Clinic should put in place a system to admit regular patients more quickly.

My wife on a business trip to the UK was ill and passed out briefly in Heathrow. We were able to get her back to Ireland yeaterday evening and decided to bring her to the VHI Clinic in Dundrum where she received immediate attention. On examination the doctor in the VHI Clinic strongly recommended that we bring her to St Vincents A+E for a blood test. They wrote an accompanying letter. We arrived at 7.30pm approx, my wife was seen by a nurse who took details (ticked boxes ) and that was it. We were not communicated with in the next 4 hrs, when enquiring where we were in the queue we were told by the receptionist that there were people before us etc, we could get no indication of when we might be seen. I left St Vincent's feeling ashamed and humiliated by the experience.......we felt so badly about my wife's condition and distress that we left the A+E at around midnight. I was once a strong advocate of Public Health.........well the time has come for major change of mindset and attitude, it's long overdue if our experience last night is being received by other patients visiting this A+E department. I would expect that the usual platitudes will follow this such as its Mary Harney's fault that we don't have staff, we cannot anticipate how busy we might be on any one night etc etc. Shame on you all.

Heard so many bad things about this hospital. It's a disgrace people are saying it, they work hard to keep everyone happy, thank you Letterkenny general.

Was admitted on a bank holiday weekend and cleaning and nurse staff was lacking. Was much improved on the Monday. Nurses on recovery ward not great, left alone after C-section and couldn't lift baby but delivery ward staff were fantastic.

Everybody was very helpful to us on tuesday the 17/11/2009 down as far as the security men on the door.

i gave birth to my baby in mayo general castlebar the hospital itself was dirty – soiled floors,soiled toilets, bins in toilets overflowing with waste ladies sanitary pads to be polite it was one of the most disgusting things i have ever seen. They were bulging out of the bin and falling on to the floor no one came to clean them up either the bins wore left like that from friday until monday. The showers were dirty also and blocked i was up to my ankle in other peoples filth while i had my shower as the shower hole in the floor was blocked, if i went into detail i would be here all day. The wards did not have enough nurses a total nightmare. I was glad to be leaving the hospital when i was discharged. i thought my nightmare was behind me...a few days later after i got home i became very ill so did my baby after a long draw out week both me and my baby were found to have contracted the m.r.s.a super bug what a shock for a new mum to get. We received poor treatment to treat the infection in the hospital it self to be quite honest we were treated like its the norm in mayo general to contract the bug in general we recieved no aftercare or follow up check ups, i had to do all that my self to find the infection had spread to my sons groin he was nearly 1 year old when we finally got rid of it. My hospital stay at mayo general has left me traumatised and has put me off having any more children i know that there are others out there like me who have contracted the m.r.s.a super bug while staying in the mayo general why should people have to put up with this sort of thing? Something must be done to clean up mayo general hospital.

I felt my needs were met very well by the staff on duty. I was treated with care and courtesy by some lovely nurses and consultant. Thank you very much.

I had a gallbladder removal and both the lead up appointments and the on the day of the operation, I found the staff and efficiency top class.

The staff and care was excellent. However, the outrageous charges for the car park were very disturbing and forced us to park quite a long way away on a main road.

A+E staff very good ,porters included, they work under severe pressure and still stay cheerful. Can't praise catering staff in Morris Corridor enough. A big thank you to all.

If I had a choice of hospitals in the future to recieve care I would choose Naas Hospital..very nice hospital

Outstanding experience. Day surgery on knee - met at six am by helpful receptionist and looked after royally by all including surgeon (Gary O'Toole) until discharge that evening.

my word to anyone choosing a maternity hospital would be portlaoise. I had all 3 of my kids there .baby no1 in 2002 baby no 2 in 2007 and baby no 3 in 2008. Myself and my hubby are planning baby no 4 and will be back at portlaoise. All the staff from the nurses to the doctor and also the cleaning and food staff are excellent. I would say it's home away from home

I found Dr Sallam's team excellent - work carried out professional, caring and efficient. Great experience. At no point did I feel worried about surgery,infection, pain or anything. Brilliant!

the midwives are excellent and the should get paid ten times more than they do. nicest ladies ever.

I thought it was a fast process. They were very good to a certain extent. I am currently having issues with my insurance as I was entitled to 30% of the cost off but the hospital will not release the code I need for my insurance. But overall it was worthwhile even though it cost me a lot of money that I currently cannot afford.

One doctor tried eight times to take blood with no success-never spoke to my son while she jabbed him with the needle. I had to tell her to stop. She left in a sulk and did not come back. I had to get a different doctor-he took the blood first time.

I found the whole experience satisfactory and would be happy to use the hospital again

I have continued to express my satisfaction with the Beacon since I was discharged and will continue to do so. Many thanks everyone.

I have been admitted in the mater hospital 8 times this year and 7 of them times was for cardiac proplems,and my last visit was for epilepsy. When i was diagnosed by cardio everything was explained to me in detail. The doctors took time to sit down and talk and answer any question I had. On my most recent stay I was diagnosed with epilepsy and the doctors didn't even have time to sit down when they were telling me they didn't even tell me what type I had and when I asked about the side effects of my medication I was told tiredness was the only one. It didn't come across that they were rude it just seemed like they had no time. I had to go to my pharmacist to find out more on my medication and I had to pay for a consultaion with my G.P. to find out more about my condition and look at the internet sites. I was very disappointed and annoyed that i had to do this. but apart from that I find the staff from the doctors, nurses,porters and kitchen staff to be very friendly and they make the stay a lot less daunting. They were very efficent and thay ran every test they could possibly do within 24-36 hours of coming into A&E. From what i see the cleaners were very good at their job they were even pulling out the beds to wipe the walls behind them and they were cleaning all the rails underneath the bed. I've had three operations and at no time did i get an infection. I would definately recommend this hospital.

THANK YOU TO STAFF AT CUH. NO OFFENCE BUT I HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO SEE YE ALL SOON

The time and care I recieved in what was a difficult time for myself and my family was excellent.

I wasnt given any pain killers for a SC joint re-location in a rugby game. I was made walk through the a&e department with no top on having had a gown taken off me. I was on my own with a member of staff while he put the joint back into place.

During the pre-labour, delivery and post-natal in-patient care the staff and service was amazing. Every single midwife, obstetrician and other staff were pleasent, positive and exceptionally supportive and helpful. The outpatient support and lactation consultant were always fast clinics with passionate staff. I can not praise my whole experience in Holles Street enough.

Not enough medical staff on duty after 6pm. I had to wait three hours for an IV as the house doctor was not available.

mixed messages given about child's condition, causing extra anxiety

broken leg required 3-night stay. Nurse taking me for xray hurt me on a few occasions by leaning on my trolley. Nurse on the ward was very unhelpful on 1ast night as if I was a nuisance, physio staff forgot to give me an appointment when discharged, missed 8 weeks physio, also got wrong advice on 3 occasions on outpatient appointments. Simple consideration would fix all these complaints. Admire ambulance crew and surgeons skills,however surgeon in question seems to have to many patients to deal with each case properly.

I was overall very plased with the treatment I received while I was a patient at CUH.