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Bills / Bill 100 of 2026

Public bill

Patient Safety (Right to Escalation and Clinical Review) Bill 2026

Current Most recent stage: Second Stage

How far it has got

  1. First Stage
  2. Second Stage
  3. Committee Stage
  4. Report Stage
  5. Fifth Stage
  6. Enacted

The five Dáil stages, then enactment. A bill that starts in the Seanad, or is sent back by it, can take a different route. How a bill becomes law

What the bill says it does

Bill entitled an Act to provide for a statutory right for patients, family members and carers to request an urgent clinical review where serious deterioration in a patient’s condition is suspected; to require hospitals to operate 24-hour critical review systems and sepsis and deterioration protocols; to provide for the notification and reporting of failures to escalate care; and to provide for related matters.

This is the bill's official long title.