Patient Safety (Right to Escalation and Clinical Review) Bill 2026

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Summary

Bill entitled an Act to provide for a statutory right for patients, family members and carers to request an urgent clinical review where serious deterioration in a patient’s condition is suspected; to require hospitals to operate 24-hour critical review systems and sepsis and deterioration protocols; to provide for the notification and reporting of failures to escalate care; and to provide for related matters.

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Timeline

1. 20 October 2026

   Published

   Source: Seanad Éireann

2. 20 October 2026

   First Stage

   Source: Seanad Éireann

3. 20 October 2026

   Second Stage

   Current

   Source: Seanad Éireann

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1 official file

• As Initiated

  pdf · EN · 20 October 2026

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Sponsors

• Aubrey McCarthy · Sponsor
• Victor Boyhan · Sponsor
• Michael McDowell · Sponsor
• Gerard P. Craughwell · Sponsor
• Sharon Keogan · Sponsor
• Joe Conway · Sponsor
• Rónán Mullen · Sponsor
• Tom Clonan · Sponsor
• Patricia Stephenson · Sponsor
• Malcolm Noonan · Sponsor

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