985. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has requested that the HSE introduce a means of identifying patient safety incidents involving agency, panel and locum staff as a discrete national dataset, in view of the HSE's confirmation that no such dataset currently exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74330/26]
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987. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has carried out any analysis, at hospital or regional level, of the relationship between levels of agency staffing and the rate of reported patient safety incidents; if not, the reason this has not been done given the scale of HSE expenditure on agency staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74329/26]
994. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 49266/26, whether the HSE has assessed the technical feasibility, cost and timeframe of adding a field to the national incident management system to record the employment status of staff involved in a patient safety incident (directly employed, agency, panel or locum); if such a change has been considered or ruled out; the rea…
1007. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department or HIQA has at any time requested or recommended that the HSE record the employment status of staff involved in patient safety incidents; if she will direct the HSE to introduce such a field within NIMS given the scale of HSE expenditure on agency staffing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74323/26]
1012. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether Cork University Hospital and other hospitals in the HSE south-west region can identify from their local incident management records the number of patient safety incidents involving agency, panel or locum staff where a service user was harmed, in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; if so, the figures; if not, the reason; and if she will…
1013. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether contracts between the HSE and staffing agencies require agencies to report patient safety incidents involving their staff, to hold professional indemnity cover, or to contribute to the cost of claims arising from incidents involving their staff; whether the HSE or the State Claims Agency has sought recovery of costs from any agency since 2020; if so, the …
1014. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 51643/26, whether NIMS records can be searched by keyword or free text for references to agency, panel or locum staff (details supplied); whether the HSE or the State Claims Agency has carried out any such search or sample audit since 2023; if so, the findings; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […
1019. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 on which the HSE notified a staffing agency of a patient safety concern involving a member of staff supplied by that agency; the number of agency, panel or locum staff whose assignments were ended following a patient safety incident in the same period; whether these figures are reco…
1022. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 51643/26, the reason the HSE has decided not to introduce a field within the national incident management system to record whether agency, panel or locum staff were involved in a patient safety incident where a service user was harmed; whether this option was formally assessed; if so, by whom and on what date; the estimated cost …
848. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will introduce a specific field within the National Incident Management System to identify patient safety incidents involving agency, panel, or locum staff where a service user was harmed; the reason this distinction is not currently recorded centrally; if the HSE can produce an aggregate figure of such incidents using local records, notwithstanding the…
522. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Incident Management System or any other HSE data system contains a category, field or tag that identifies an incident, complaint or safeguarding concern as involving a privately contracted home support provider, as distinct from directly employed HSE staff; and if not, to confirm that incidents involving privately contracted home support provi…
2190. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE independently verifies that foreign healthcare providers treating minors under the Treatment Abroad Scheme comply with local child protection legislation, and if so, the process used to conduct such verification. [43240/26]
2191. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a list of approved or previously utilised foreign healthcare providers for the treatment of minors under the Treatment Abroad Scheme. [43241/26]
2192. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any foreign healthcare provider proposed for use under the Treatment Abroad Scheme has been rejected, suspended or removed from consideration in the past five years, and the reasons for same. [43242/26]
2194. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE conducts any audit of the assessments made by referring consultants regarding the suitability of foreign healthcare providers treating minors under the Treatment Abroad Scheme. [43244/26]
2195. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national policy, guidance document, standard operating procedure or governance framework exists governing the selection and oversight of foreign healthcare providers treating minors under the Treatment Abroad Scheme. [43245/26]
2196. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether outcome data, adverse incident data or patient safety information relating to treatments delivered to minors abroad under the Treatment Abroad Scheme are collected or reviewed by the HSE. [43246/26]
2197. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any HSE Internal Audit review has examined the governance arrangements relating to minors receiving treatment abroad under the Treatment Abroad Scheme since 2020 and, if so, when each review was conducted. [43247/26]
367. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of recorded patient safety incidents, adverse clinical outcomes, or treatment disruptions linked to medicine shortages in each of the past five years; and whether such data is centrally collected and analysed. [27521/26]
554. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the dates since 1 January 2024 her Department formally reviewed governance or patient-safety risk indicators relating to Children's Health Ireland; the division of her Department which conducted each review; whether a written briefing note, minute, or record was produced in each case; and where those records are held. [11249/26]
556. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department maintains a central register or inventory of reviews, audits, investigations, or independent reports relating to Children's Health Ireland; when that register was last updated; and whether she will publish a schedule listing the titles, commissioning bodies, and dates of such reports. [11251/26]
1084. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the governance framework used by her Department to obtain assurance that the HSE and all section 38 and 39 providers comply with national standards on governance, audit and risk; the date of the last full assurance review; and the actions her Department takes when risks are escalated. [72292/25]