Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 November 2018
632. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 24 October 2018, the robust methodology used in the review to determine the inclusion-exclusion criteria; the matrix-criteria used to determine the living or deceased status of the 195 CPE positive patients; the period the review covered; and the reason more patients who had been identified by the whistleblower as having died were omitted from the review. [45275/18]
View answerMy Department and I have been kept informed of an external review commissioned last year by University of Limerick Hospitals Group (ULHG), regarding patients with CPE and concerns regarding whether CPE was a factor in the deaths of a number of these patients. In addition, University Hospital Limerick conducted an internal review. On 9th October last the HSE and ULHG published a final report combining the two review findings and have advised that the review process was both robust and comprehensive.
As the Deputy's question relates to the process of the review the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
