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Responding to the latest inspection reports by HIQA, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has called on Government to fast-track the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill in order to give HIQA more powers.
INMO General Secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha said:
The State has received ample reviews and inspections by HIQA that are all welcome. The reviews by HIQA compound what is being reported by our members on a daily basis. The powers of HIQA need to go further than inspection and comment. Government must now publish and prioritise the passing of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill which would give HIQA the powers to ensure its recommendations are being enacted by individual hospitals and healthcare settings it inspects. Today’s reports by HIQA confirm that patients receive kind and compassionate care from the healthcare workers they interact with. It is clear that the conditions that they are working in are out of their control. Recommendations by HIQA should not just be words on a page, if Government are serious about improving the safety of patients and healthcare workers they must fast-track the passing of the very important Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill.
The State has received ample reviews and inspections by HIQA that are all welcome. The reviews by HIQA compound what is being reported by our members on a daily basis.
The powers of HIQA need to go further than inspection and comment. Government must now publish and prioritise the passing of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill which would give HIQA the powers to ensure its recommendations are being enacted by individual hospitals and healthcare settings it inspects.
Today’s reports by HIQA confirm that patients receive kind and compassionate care from the healthcare workers they interact with. It is clear that the conditions that they are working in are out of their control.
Recommendations by HIQA should not just be words on a page, if Government are serious about improving the safety of patients and healthcare workers they must fast-track the passing of the very important Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill.
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