Legal News (Healthcare Law)

The Court of Appeal recently gave judgment in a claim arising from an alleged failure by the defendant to detect and diagnose the fact that the plaintiff was suffering from breast cancer when first seen on 4th May 2017.

A recent decision by Mr Justice Micheál P. O’Higgins of the High Court in Sheill v The Medical Council of Ireland [2024] IEHC 710 provides helpful guidance in respect of registration and registration appeals issues.

The Safe Prescribing and Dispensing of Controlled Drugs, a joint initiative between the Medical Council and the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI), has recently been revised for 2024.

The Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 (“The Act”) was enacted on 2 May 2023 and was commenced on 26 September 2024.

In this, the second article in the series of “Embracing Change” published following the Conference ‘Embracing Change: Working Better Together’ which we hosted in June 2024 we welcome the publication of the report of the Interdepartmental Working Group chaired by Professor Rhona Mahony.

The Court of Appeal, in the case of O’Neill v Birthisle[1] upheld the dismissal of a medical negligence claim where the plaintiff had not obtained an expert report eight years after the claim had issued.