Call for mandatory reports of medical errors

REBECCA O’Malley, the Tipperary mother-of-three who was wrongly given the all clear for breast cancer, yesterday called for the mandatory reporting of medical errors.

“The force of law is needed to force through change,” she told delegates at the Irish Nurses Organisation’s annual conference in Cavan.

Ms O’Malley said a number of nurses had told her that there was a climate of fear that hindered them from speaking out on behalf of patients.