In 2022, over 121,318 patients, including 2,777 children, were reported to have gone without a bed in Irish hospitals, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), which has called the situation “intolerable.” In Ireland, this year’s hospital overcrowding set a new record. 11,842 hospital patients who were admitted in December alone were unable … Read more
New figures show that the number of claims against hospitals for clinical errors and other incidents has risen each year for the last five years. Last year, 105,424 incidents were reported, including almost 50,000 relating to clinical care. It compares with 100,930 incidents reported in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2017, there … Read more
Hospitals paid out close to €1bn in compensation claims over four years, new figures show. Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly released the figures to Cork East TD Seán Sherlock in response to a parliamentary question. The country’s seven hospital groups have paid between €215m and €282m in damages each year since 2018. They have already collectively paid out €11.5m … Read more