The data provided to the Dáil included information on claims and damages for the General Indemnity Scheme and the Clinical Indemnity Scheme in relation to healthcare. It includes all HSE and voluntary healthcare locations on the National Incident Management System .
The SCA figures show damages payments made on healthcare claims of €1.48 billion between 2018 and 2022. The highest sum, €351,810,953, was paid in 2022 and the sums increased each year other than a drop in 2020. Mr Tóibín said: “Our health service is on its knees, with waiting lists sky high, and staff in our hospitals overworked like never before.”
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