Prolonging medical negligence cases 'abusive toward patients'

Rebecca Collins with partner Tom and children Annie, Molly, Alice, and Nacy outside the High Court in Dublin after the settlement over the death of baby Hannah. Picture: Collins Courts

Dragging out medical negligence cases is abusive toward patients, an advocate has said, as a Clare family finally received an apology on Wednesday over the death of their baby 16 years ago.

World Health Organization Patients for Patient Safety external lead adviser Margaret Murphy echoed the Collins family from Clare, who called for full implementation of the Patient Safety Bill which will ensure mandatory open disclosure of adverse incidents in healthcare.