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# patient safety

Donnelly warns he doesn't want patient safety Bill to create culture of fear within health service

Stephen Donnelly said he does not want to create a culture where people are ‘too afraid’ to report incidents.

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Mar 10th 2022, 1:33 PM

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# Mandatory

Doctors say criminal sanctions in new open disclosure law will 'generate fear'

Healthcare providers will have a duty to disclose serious patient safety incidents and failure to comply could result in a fine or imprisonment.

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Nov 23rd 2019, 7:00 AM

# Medical Negligence

Government's patient safety legislation blasted by doctors and patients

Dr Rhona Mahony, former master of the National Maternity Hospital said the system pits doctors against patients.

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Nov 10th 2019, 9:52 AM

# uhl

'Patients at risk': Nurses ask health committee to investigate overcrowding at Limerick hospital

The letter states the hospital is in a ‘constant state of overcrowding’.

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Apr 4th 2019, 12:48 PM

# patient safety

Injuries or near-injuries of patients at Irish hospitals jumped last year

There were an average of 160 patient safety incidents per day last year.

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Aug 12th 2018, 4:30 PM

# patient safety

Majority of patients wait longer than six hours in an emergency department to be seen by a doctor

The results of the first ever National Patient Experience Survey show that long waiting times continue to be a problem in Irish hospitals.

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Dec 11th 2017, 2:37 PM

# open disclosure

Leo wants to make it easier for patients to complain

“The director of patient safety is somebody I want to run into in the lift every other day, it’s not somebody I want to meet in a formal meeting once every two months or six months.”

6.9k

Nov 12th 2015, 10:16 AM

# Portlaoise

Bereaved parents: 'It needs to stop now, enough pain and enough hurt has been caused'

Calls have been made for HSE Chief Tony O’Brien to resign.

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May 19th 2015, 5:50 PM

# Unacceptable

'He asked a nurse to be washed but there were 10 people in front of him'

It was told “from a quality and safety perspective this situation is unacceptable.”.

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Feb 25th 2015, 6:45 AM

# patient safety

'Tragic cases like Savita Halappanavar make us strive to ensure our health service is safe'

Leo Varadkar said progress is being made on implementing the recommendations from the Portlaoise report.

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Nov 7th 2014, 7:30 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Hello. Here are the nine stories to know on this midweek morning.

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Feb 26th 2014, 8:47 AM

# patient safety

Patients more likely to die when cared for by nurses with heavy workloads

In Ireland, the average patient-to-nurse ratio is 6·9, which is mid-range in comparison to other European countries.

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Feb 26th 2014, 6:45 AM

# RISKY BUSINESS

'HSE says hospital overcrowding is improving, that's not what we're hearing'

The IAEM says the number of trolley inpatients in wards has increased since last year, not decreased.

5.2k

Jan 24th 2014, 11:22 AM

# Legal Battle

HSE paid out over €255m on legal fees since 2005

The legal fees bill reached over €46.5m in 2012, an increase of more than €10 million on 2011.

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Dec 16th 2013, 6:45 AM

# patient safety

Transparency in medical negligence cases could save the health system millions

Yesterday’s conference on medical negligence was told the health service could save millions if the traditional deny and defend policy was replaced.

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Nov 5th 2013, 6:30 AM

# savita

Damning Savita report details litany of hospital care failures

A report from HIQA details the care received by Savita Halappanavar at University Hospital Galway in October 2012.

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Oct 9th 2013, 10:58 PM

# Healthcare

Kelleher: Leaked HSE patient safety risk report ‘frightening but not surprising’

The details of the leaked report reveal fears about risks to patient safety caused by understaffing and spending cuts.

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Aug 10th 2013, 4:42 PM

# Healthcare

€1.5 million research investment into healthcare quality and patient safety

The research project aims to identify the most immediate and important safety and quality issues in the health service and improve care by developing changes in policy and practice.

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May 24th 2013, 9:10 AM

# Health

Reilly launches first ‘Early Warning Score’ for patient safety

The score is the first of the National Clinical Guidelines, and sets out how to recognise and respond to patients whose condition is deteriorating.

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Feb 18th 2013, 3:00 PM