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Latest Publication: Guidance for the HSE for the Review of Serious Incidents, including Deaths of Children in Care
Guidance for the Health Service Executive for the Review of Serious Incidents, including Deaths of Children in Care
10 March 2010
This Guidance is produced in response to the Department of Health and Children’s implementation plan towards the Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, (the Ryan report) which states that the Authority should develop guidance for the Health Service Executive (HSE) in relation to children in the care of the State and those children known to the child protection system in the HSE.
Dr Marion Witton, Chief Inspector of Social Services within the Health Information and Quality Authority, said: “Currently, there is no national standard or unified or systematic way of completing reviews of serious incidents by the HSE, including deaths of children in the care of the State. The delays in publishing reports and the lack of transparency concerning internal review reports have shaken public confidence in the review process. We are recommending that National Reviews should be undertaken by a panel of experts whose aim will be to investigate circumstances of death or other serious incidents to establish facts and share findings with families and the public.”
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- Evaluation of the use of resources in the national population-based cancer screening programme and associated services
- National Children in Care Inspection Report 2008
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Symptomatic Breast Disease Services Quality Review
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