Patient tracking system ‘is not fit for purpose’

A consultant who failed to follow up on tests for a patient who later died of cancer says he believes a system used for tracking patient results in Wexford General Hospital is “not fit for purpose”.

Colm Quigley, the current statutory clinical director of the hospital, said financial constraints have prevented the system from being replaced.

The hospital, said Dr Quigley, was one of the few in Ireland still operating the system. He had concerns about the system from as far back as the 1990s.