'Serious risks' to patients at Tallaght A&E

The management of patients requiring acute admission to Tallaght Hospital, and who receive initial care in the hospital’s A&E department, poses “a serious risk” to these patients, the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has said.

Publishing the terms of reference for its investigation into the care provided for such patients at the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, incorporating the National Children’s Hospital (AMNCH), HIQA today said it “continues not to be assured that the hospital is effectively managing the risks to patients”.