Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 September 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of the Patient Safety Bill 2018: Department of Health

9:00 am

Dr. Tony Holohan:

That is something we will have to do as part of the preparation for implementation. A large part of that will fall into the work we will do after the Scally inquiry. As I am sure the Deputy has seen, the recommendations in the Scally report and the findings cover three separate chapters that deal with different aspects of open disclosure as it applies to different parts of the system. Dr. Scally has certainly more than ten specific recommendations that relate to open disclosure. There is a substantial job now happening on open disclosure preparation. It will include revisions of the policies. We have gone a step into the specifics of how we might consider doing that, bearing in mind what the Minister announced in the very early days after the publication of the Scally report. A big job of work will have to be undertaken. It will include planning for whatever resources will be needed and go beyond some of the organisations mentioned in the report. Disclosure is a reality for some organisations and will be very-----

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