Hospital consultants urge new ministers not to delay reforms around medical cases

There are questions about ballooning bills for the State from clinical cases

Professor Gabrielle Colleran, president of the Irish Hospital Consultants Association, called for the next government to change protocols on how sides in a medical case communicate with each other. File picture: ihca.ie

Long-running medical cases are coming before the courts because promises by the Government to reform the process still have not happened.

All eyes will be on the country's new ministers in justice and health to see if key changes are finally brought in. Regulations to support new pre-action protocols are being drafted and this is underway, a department of justice spokesman said.