The HSE is set to implement a new incident management policy which will allow for “quick local reviews” in a bid to speed-up examinations of adverse medical events and medical errors. In the aftermath of the Savita Halappanavar tragedy, Savita’s widower Praveen criticised the fact that the team initially appointed to conduct the HSE investigation […]

Amy Lackey, a mother of 2 children who sustained injuries to her neck, shoulder and back when she was travelling as a passenger in the upstairs compartment of a bus when it was rear ended by a vehicle on the Ballyfermot road on 16th April 2008 has been awarded £45,000 in damages by the High […]

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has advised that it is currently investigating a food poisoning outbreak of the hepatitis A virus associated with the consumption of imported frozen berries.   As a precautionary measure, the FSAI is advising consumers to boil all imported frozen berries for at least 1 minute prior to eating. […]

Research has shown that most medical negligence claims against doctors are the result of drug errors and misdiagnosis, particularly of cancer, heart attacks and meningitis. Researchers analysed 34 studies published over the past two years. In the United States primary care doctors accounted for between 7.6 per cent and 16 per cent of all negligence […]

GlaxoSmithKline, in response to lawsuits brought by 8 U.S. states has agreed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to settle legal actions over the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone). The drug maker announced it will pay $229 million and  that the settlement was within the provisions it had set aside for litigation previously. Last year […]