Over €305m paid out for medical negligence claims in southwest in  three years

Since 2003, over €638m has been paid out on over 1,300 claims relating to acute hospitals in the southwest.

Nearly half of the medical payouts by hospitals in the southwest over the last two decades came in the last three years, new figures show.

Since 2003, over €638m has been paid out on over 1,300 claims relating to acute hospitals in the southwest, of which €305m was paid out between 2019 and 2021.