Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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410. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 5 November 2015, the identity of the patient advocacy groups referred to in his reply. [40394/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The HSE have advised that the following patient advocacy groups were contacted during the consultation process on the HSE's National Guidelines on Open Disclosure:

1. Patients for Patient Safety

2. Caring for Carers

3. Irish Heart.ie

4. COPD support.

5. Patient Focus

6. Irish Patient.ie

7. Hospice Foundation.ie

8. IPOSSI (Irish Platform for Patients Organisations, Science and Industry

9. Fedvol.ie ( The National Federation of Voluntary Bodies)

It should be noted that the "Forward" to the National Guidelines was written by a representative of the WHO Patients for Patient Safety Programme, External Lead, Ms. Margaret Murphy.