The number of ‘dangerous occurences’ reported by healthcare staff in Clare on the HSE’s National Incident Management System almost trebled last year.
The system, which is designed to improve patient and user safety, allows staff to confidentially report issues in a number of forms about matters such as breaks not taken and prolonged ambulance waiting times.
123 ‘dangerous occurences’ were documented in Clare in 2020, including 44 related to the use of COVID PPE, with just 45 instances in total recorded back in 2019.
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Fianna Fail Councillor Cillian Murphy, who received the information following a question tabled at this week’s meeting of the Regional Health Forum West, says the figures show there are failings within the current system.
