Rising cost of health legal claims 'unsustainable'

A group of Cork-based medics has called for practical reforms in health services which could help to reduce the risk of medical error.

The rising cost of legal claims in the health system is “unsustainable” and will impact care if reforms are not urgently made, a group of Irish doctors and academics has warned.

Conditions leading to medical errors should be fixed and the claims system reformed for patients and staff, urges a call to action published in medical journal BMJ Open Quality.