Health watchdog remains concerned over hospital risk

THE state’s health watchdog says it remains concerned that patients are at serious risk at the country’s busiest hospital.

The Health Information and Quality Authority said it was concerned that Tallaght Hospital was not effectively managing the risk to patients needing to be admitted to the hospital.

The authority that published the terms of reference for its statutory inquiry into the safety and governance of care at the hospital’s emergency department yesterday, said it had previously sought assurances from the hospital as to how the risks were managed.