Patient safety package aims to avert future HSE health crises

Patients will be empowered to oversee early warning mechanisms in the health system and recommend changes to influence policy and avert future crises, it will be announced today.

Health Minister Leo Varadkar will announce the setting up of a patients council, a special advocacy group as well as an annual health survey — all which will support people getting care.

The patient safety package comes on the back of several scandals and tragedies which have rocked the health system.