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2023/10

Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023

enactedIreland· Dáil Éireann· EN

Introduced

5 December 2019

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30 August 2024

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  • Irish

    An tAcht um Shábháilteacht Othar (Teagmhais Infhógartha agus Nochtadh Oscailte), 2023

Summary

An Act to provide for the mandatory open disclosure, by health services providers of certain incidents occurring in the course of the provision, to a person, of a health service; to provide, in the interest of the common good, for certain restrictions on the use of the information provided in such disclosures that are made in accordance with this Act and of any apologies made in the course of such disclosures and the use of any other information relating to the open disclosure provided, and apology made, after the notifiable incident disclosure meeting; to provide for the mandatory open disclosure, by health services providers, of Part 5 reviews carried out in accordance with this Act; to provide, in the interest of the common good, for certain restrictions on the use of the information provided in such disclosures that are made in accordance with this Act and of any apologies made in the course of such disclosures and the use of any other information relating to the open disclosure provided, and apology made, after the Part 5 review disclosure meeting; to make provision for procedures in respect of clinical audit, and the data obtained in clinical audits; to provide for the notification of certain incidents to certain persons; to amend the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2000; to amend Part 4 of the Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 2017; to amend the Health Act 2007 to provide for the application of standards set by the Health Information and Quality Authority to private hospitals, to provide for the review by the chief inspector of certain incidents occurring in the course of the provision of a health service to a person by certain entities and for the Minister to prescribe certain health services as a prescribed private health service; and to provide for related matters.

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Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023

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