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# patient-safety - Thursday 10 March, 2022

# Patient Safety

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

Mar 10th 2022, 1:33 PM 9,090 Views 1 Comment

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

# patient-safety - Saturday 23 November, 2019

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

# Mandatory

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

Nov 23rd 2019, 7:00 AM 21,169 Views 23 Comments

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

# patient-safety - Sunday 10 November, 2019

Government's patient safety legislation blasted by doctors and patients

# Medical Negligence

Government's patient safety legislation blasted by doctors and patients

Nov 10th 2019, 9:52 AM 14,142 Views 5 Comments

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

# patient-safety - Thursday 4 April, 2019

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

# Uhl

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

Apr 4th 2019, 12:48 PM 7,722 Views 12 Comments

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

# patient-safety - Sunday 12 August, 2018

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

# Patient Safety

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

Aug 12th 2018, 4:30 PM 10,400 Views 12 Comments

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

# patient-safety - Monday 11 December, 2017

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

# Patient Safety

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

Dec 11th 2017, 2:37 PM 12,719 Views 49 Comments

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

# patient-safety - Thursday 12 November, 2015

Leo wants to make it easier for patients to complain

# Open Disclosure

Leo wants to make it easier for patients to complain

Nov 12th 2015, 10:16 AM 6,888 Views 70 Comments

“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.”

# patient-safety - Tuesday 19 May, 2015

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

# Portlaoise

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

May 19th 2015, 5:50 PM 17,942 Views 25 Comments

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

# patient-safety - Wednesday 25 February, 2015

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

# Unacceptable

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

Feb 25th 2015, 6:45 AM 18,857 Views 42 Comments

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

# patient-safety - Friday 7 November, 2014

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

# Patient Safety

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

Nov 7th 2014, 7:30 PM 5,585 Views 24 Comments

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

# patient-safety - Wednesday 26 February, 2014

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

# Patient Safety

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

Feb 26th 2014, 6:45 AM 7,284 Views 21 Comments

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

# patient-safety - Friday 24 January, 2014

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

# RISKY BUSINESS

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

Jan 24th 2014, 11:22 AM 5,146 Views 15 Comments

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

# patient-safety - Monday 16 December, 2013

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

# Legal Battle

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

Dec 16th 2013, 6:45 AM 5,265 Views 14 Comments

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

# patient-safety - Tuesday 5 November, 2013

Transparency in medical negligence cases could save the health system millions

# Patient Safety

Transparency in medical negligence cases could save the health system millions

Nov 5th 2013, 6:30 AM 4,864 Views 3 Comments

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

# patient-safety - Wednesday 9 October, 2013

# Savita

Damning Savita report details litany of hospital care failures

Oct 9th 2013, 10:58 PM 11,735 Views 97 Comments

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

# patient-safety - Saturday 10 August, 2013

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

# Healthcare

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

Aug 10th 2013, 4:42 PM 6,007 Views 54 Comments

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

# patient-safety - Friday 24 May, 2013

# Healthcare

€1.5 million research investment into healthcare quality and patient safety

May 24th 2013, 9:10 AM 3,540 Views 13 Comments

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.