by admin | Jun 7, 2018 | Audiology Missed Diagnosis, Delay in Diagnosis, Delayed Diagnosis, Hearing Loss Misdiagnosis Children, Hospital Negligence, HSE, Medical Negligence
HSE to apologise for failure to provide appropriate hearing assessments to children The Health Service Executive is to apologise to almost 50 families in the west of Ireland for serious failings in audiology services provided to their children. HSE Audiology Review...
by admin | May 2, 2018 | Breach of Duty of Care, Cancer Misdiagnosis, Cervical Cancer Misdiagnosis, Cervical Cancer Redress Scheme, Delay in Diagnosis, Delayed Diagnosis, Medical Negligence
Cervical Check Redress Scheme announced for women affected by Cervical Cancer Misdiagnosis Calls for HSE to review all Cervical Cancer Misdiagnosis In light of the revelations of the last week, an Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has announced that a redress scheme for women...
by admin | Apr 30, 2018 | Cancer Misdiagnosis, Cervical Cancer Misdiagnosis, Delay in Diagnosis, Delayed Diagnosis, Hospital Negligence, HSE, Medical Negligence
Cervical Cancer Misdiagnosis – Too Little, Too Late It has taken Vicky Phelan’s successful High Court action against a US based clinical laboratory subcontracted by CervicalCheck, for CervicalCheck failures to come to light this week. On Wednesday, 25 April 2018...
by admin | Mar 26, 2018 | Delay in Diagnosis, Delayed Diagnosis, GP Negligence, Medical Negligence, Misdiagnosis
High Court action settled for €525,000 by woman after her husband died from prostate cancer A woman has settled a High Court Action for €525,000. She was suing over the care of her late husband who later passed away from prostate cancer. He was 56 years old when he...
by admin | Mar 15, 2018 | Delayed Diagnosis, Hospital Negligence, HSE, Medical Negligence, Misdiagnosis, Personal Injury, Personal Injury Compensation, Professional negligence
HSE apology after undiagnosed heart defect results in death of toddler (2) Following the tragic death of a two year old girl who died after a hole in the heart went undiagnosed, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has issued an unreserved apology. The child...
by admin | Jan 23, 2018 | Delay in Diagnosis, Delayed Diagnosis
The effects of a delay in diagnosis Delay in diagnosis has unfortunately been quite prominent in recent months. In University Hospital in Kerry a recheck of over 46,000 scans is underway after it was discovered that there were errors found with a number of results. To...
