Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 March 2023
Public Accounts Committee
2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021
9:30 am
Dr. Cathal O'Keeffe:
The other thing is that these catastrophic injuries are infrequent events so very small variations in numbers could disproportionately distort the figures.
Even if these six hospitals were picked out, it would be wrong to suggest based on this particular metric that these are more dangerous hospitals than elsewhere.