Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 March 2022
839. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 3 March 2022, the number of incidents reported to the National Incident Management System in each of the past five years which resulted in death, suffering, long-term incapacity or injury in tabular form. [14044/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims on behalf of Delegated State Authorities including the Health Service Executive. I have been informed by the SCA that the information below has been extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) according to the below criteria:
Criteria used
- Incidents relate to Acute Statutory and Voluntary Hospitals only as per PQ 12203/22 referenced.
- Incidents reported in the period 2017-2021.
- Incidents involving patients, service users, staff, visitors, members of the public, contractors
- The incident reported with ‘Outcome at the time of the incident’ or ‘Additional outcome since Incident’ = ‘Injury not requiring first aid’, ‘Injury or illness, requiring first aid’, ‘Injury requiring medical treatment’, ‘Long Term disability/incapacity (incl. Psychosocial)’, ‘Permanent/Incapacity (incl. Psychosocial)’, ‘Death’.
- This report is correct as of 01/03/2022
Question 1:
Acute Hospitals - Incident Reported in the past 5 years
- The incidents in table below reflect incidents reported in the Acute Hospital Group with an outcome / additional outcome to be:
- ‘Injury not requiring first aid’ o ‘Injury or illness, requiring first aid’,
- ‘Injury requiring medical treatment’,
- ‘Long Term disability/incapacity (incl. Psychosocial)’, ‘Permanent/Incapacity (incl. Psychosocial)’,
- ‘Death’.
My Department has sought further information from the SCA on the breakdown for minor and serious incidents.
Year Incident Reported
|
Year |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
Number of Incidents Reported |
22,996 |
25,976 |
28,201 |
33,564 |
37,480 |
Table 1 – Acute Hospitals Incident Reported in the past 5 years
