Report by Medical Protection Society found medical negligence cases take longer and cost more in Ireland than in many countries
State Claims Agency
Slow pace of legal actions is damaging patients and doctors’ mental wellbeing, says Medical Protection Society
Protections against psychological harm need to be put in place to safeguard employee health and guard against legal actions, employers told
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Cian O’Carroll, Ms Phelan’s lawyer, says patients would prefer quality medical care to damages
This was nearly €37m higher than the previous year
‘Big firms want to brief somebody who will charge a fortune so that they can justify charging a fortune’
Some 10,038 healthcare-related claims were received by the State Claims Agency between 2018 and 2022
Warning to new HSE chief of threat to future of cancer screening services
Mass actions now comprising 10 per cent of all legal cases against the State
The €140m paid to lawyers by the State Claims Agency in 2021 represented approximately 15% of the profession’s income that year
The highest amount paid out in claims was for wound infections at almost €3 million
Obstetrician says his expert opinion has sometimes been sought and then put aside because it did not suit a plaintiff’s case
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