Irish Medical Organisation AGM hears that 44.9% of doctors working 59 hours or more in a week were involved in what hospitals term 'adverse events'

Frontline health workers suffering daily assaults, old initiatives such as Hospital Watch rebranded — are our hospitals able to keep us secure when we’re at our most vulnerable? asks Sorcha Crowley

The internal audit found that 690 junior doctors were not Garda vetted before starting work

Each adverse incident, which can relate to care and treatment, hospital-acquired infections, or accidents and falls, can result in longer lengths of stay in hospital and cost the health service on average €4,700.

Serious concerns over patient safety in a number of HSE-run disability centres have been raised.