THE PATIENT SAFETY Bill, which aims to provide more transparency in healthcare, has been signed into law.The Bill has long been sought by campaigners including the 221+ CervicalCheck patient support group.
The Bill describes “notifiable incidents” as those of a “very serious nature that mostly fall into the category of preventable incidents”.Failing to comply with the law will make the health service provider liable to be charged with an offence, with a potential fine of up to €5,000. He added: “In many situations where patients are harmed, the error or mistake occurred because systems were not in place to support the healthcare professional or team in identifying and avoiding that error.
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