Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 October 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Open Disclosure: Department of Health

9:00 am

Photo of Michael HartyMichael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

If the health professional makes an open disclosure through the criteria laid down in this document, there is some legal protection in that one is stating that something went wrong but is not admitting any liability in respect of that statement. It is informing the patient that something went wrong or could have gone wrong but did not go wrong or there was an error that did not result in any harm but potentially could have caused harm. Is that the case?

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