Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would like the Minister issue an instruction on three matters. First, it should be mandated that, if a patient is meeting a doctor whom he or she believes is a consultant and is in a consultant's post but who is not on the specialist register, he or she is told so and why. Second, every patient who believes that he or she has been seen, assessed or treated by such a doctor should be informed that the person is not a consultant. Third, I would like the Minister to instruct the HSE to conduct an analysis of this cohort to determine whether there is an unusual level of issues relating to patient safety, negligence and so forth. There may be serious patient safety issues concerning people being treated by doctors who are not consultants but whom they believe are consultants. I would like the Minister to take these suggestions under consideration.

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