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:

If I can say, we do two things. We engage directly with hospitals but also do thematic analysis of claims. When we do thematic analysis of claims, we identify thematic problems that are occurring across all claims. In that context, we produced a report looking at all claims finalised in 2017, and in that report, we referenced deficits in communication on a range of things, including interprofessional communication as being a problem. It related to deficits in communication between doctors and between nurses-----