21 May 2012, 16:03
Dr Tracey Cooper, chief executive of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) will attend the meeting of the Committee on Health and Children tomorrow, 22nd May to discuss the report into Tallaght Hospital.
Committee Chairman, Jerry Buttimer TD said: “This report arose from an investigation following the death on a corridor of a patient awaiting admission in March 2011 and it highlights the fact that the problems at Tallaght extended beyond local management to top levels of the HSE and the Department of Health. HIQA found that substantial governance and management issues were present for a number of years and that neither the hospital nor the HSE took sufficient action. The report goes further in highlighting a failure of governance in the health system which failed to hold a service provider to account for the performance, delivery and quality of service.
Patient safety in any hospital should be paramount and patients deserve a health system where they are confident they can receive quality care in a safe environment. This report should serve as a guide for future governance and patient care for our hospital system and its recommendations should be implemented without delay to deliver a health system which clearly places the patient at its centre.
We’re looking forward to a further, in-depth consideration of this report with HIQA at our meeting tomorrow where we will have an opportunity to discuss how governance can be improved throughout our healthcare system to ensure the State can deliver a service that is focused on patient welfare.
This meeting will start in Committee Room 1 at 2.30pm on Tuesday, 22nd May.
Committee proceedings can be followed live at:
For further information please contact:
Ciaran Brennan,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Communications Unit,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2
P: +3531 618 3903
M: 086-0496518
F: +3531 618 4551
ENDS
Committee Membership:
Deputies
Jerry Buttimer, Fine Gael
Catherine Byrne, Fine Gael
Michael Colreavy, Sinn Fein
Ciara Conway, Labour Party
Regina Doherty, Fine Gael
Robert Dowds, Labour Party
Peter Fitzpatrick, Fine Gael
Seamus Healy, Independent
Derek Keating, Fine Gael
Billy Kelleher, Fine Fail
Eamonn Maloney, Labour Party
Charlie McConalogue, Fianna Fail
Mattie McGrath, Independent
Denis Naughten, Independent
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Sinn Fein
Senators
Colm Burke, Fine Gael
John Crown, Independent
David Cullinane, Sine Fein
John Gilroy, Labour Party
Imelda Henry, Fine Gael
Marc Mac Sharry, Fine Fail
Jillian Van Turnhout, Independent