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Patients and families could play a role in helping hospitals learn from mistakes
Early in his career, Séamus O’Reilly applied for a post from which the previous incumbent had been fired, after a chemotherapy overdose left one woman dead and another with irreversible heart damage. He didn’t end up in the job but remained interested in how the hospital responded to its mistakes. One key measure was the establishment of Patient Family Advisory Committees. Professor O’Reilly tells Health Correspondent that the time is ripe to consider a similar move here, in light of the CervicalCheck scandal.
