National Thoracic Surgery Outcomes Data previously included under Cardiac Surgery Registry- Galway

This is a register for all patients who attend Galway University Hospital and undergo thoracic surgery.

Purpose: To measure the quality of care of adult thoracic surgery and provide information for quality improvement and research.

To encourage improvement of clinical outcomes for patients and to promote the importance of integrating quality improvement initiatives into daily clinical practice.

All thoracic surgical procedures performed by the team at Galway University Hospital.

Coverage: All patients who attend Galway University Hospital for thoracic surgery. Galway University Hospital is a tertiary referral hospital and part of the Saolta Hospital Group which covers a large geographical area in the West and North West of Ireland serving a population of over 700,000 people within it