Billy Kelleher
Question:322. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when the new patient safety agency will be established on an administrative basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54767/13]
View answerThursday, 19 December 2013
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My Department is liaising with the Health Service Executive on the details surrounding the establishment of the Patient Safety Agency to ensure an identifiable and distinct leadership responsibility for patient safety and quality at national level having regard to the need for a robust quality and safety function within the new delivery structures of the Reform Programme.
Discussions are continuing with the HSE on establishing the PSA initially on an administrative basis within the HSE structures in 2014. This will allow the PSA to become an identifiable entity within the HSE and facilitate a smooth transition of certain functions undertaken by the HSE to the PSA.
The establishment of the PSA will be included in the work programme of the HSE in its Service Plan for 2014. The HSE is expected to establish a Board to oversee the PSA and to agree its initial governance and operational arrangements. The post of Chief Executive of the PSA will be advertised in the first half of 2014.