Hospital consultants call for swift action to reform legal system around medical cases

Professor Gabrielle Colleran, IHCA president, called for the 'swift introduction' of long-promised new pre-action protocols.

Long-delayed plans to reform the legal system around medical cases must be a priority for the next Health Minister, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association has said.

Back in 2010 the then-president of the High Court set up a working group to look at this area leading to a piece of legislation in 2015 which is yet to come into force. Another report published last September showed over half the legal costs linked to health cases come from just 2% of claims.