Potential cost of claims against State to rise ‘significantly’ from €4bn
Active claims currently number 12,000, including 305 cases relating to CervicalCheck
Number of legal cases related to CervicalCheck stands at 305
State Claims Agency director to provide detail on compensation and legal costs paid out
Cervical cancer controversy: ‘Why are they fighting these women so badly?’
Campaigner Lorraine Walsh: ‘We are all wondering if we have to go through torture just to get justice’
Medical-negligence cases set to cost record €374 million next year
State Claims Agency chief says cases ‘a very significant economic challenge’ for the State
State Claims Agency handling 117 CervicalCheck legal actions
TDs told seven cases over screening controversy had been settled as of June 27th
High Court orders State to pay €21m to Setanta Insurance claimants
Nearly 1,300 people made eligible claims against now-defunct company
Maternity cases make up over half medical negligence payouts
Avoidable injury to infants in childbirth an ‘egregious insult’, senior doctor says
Nearly €500m paid out in settlements against HSE in five years
Annual total payout for such claims has more than doubled, says State Claims Agency
CervicalCheck controversy: Surge in new legal cases
Fourteen more women take action over cancer screening programme claims
Nine new cases against cervical cancer screening service
Claims agency says number of legal actions is now 28, with two more potential challenges
Up to 24 medical negligence cases since 2002 include confidentiality clause
BreastCheck ‘has tacitly admitted’ concerns over potential missed diagnosis in screenings
Emma Mhic Mhathúna’s CervicalCheck court action goes to mediation
Kerry mother of five describes six-hour mediation as ‘draining’ as she seeks settlement
State Claims Agency disputes CervicalCheck version of events
Agency tells Dáil committee CervicalCheck ‘assertion does not accord with the facts’
Three women at centre of legal cases over false smear tests have died
Sinn Féin TD accuses State Claims Agency of acting like Pontius Pilate by ‘washing hands’ of women
State cannot treat women sympathetically if labs run cases - Phelan’s solicitor
Lawyer for terminally ill woman rejects agency’s assurances to treat cases sensitively
Attacks on prison staff cost State €26m since 2008, review finds
Prisons should consider reducing inmates’ court and hospital visits to protect staff, says report
Cost of medical negligence claims ‘to top €300m in 2017’
State Claims Agency boss says the organisation faces its highest bill yet next year
Claim that medical negligence hearings are becoming ‘mini trials’
State Claims Agency chief executive says lawyers ‘bog down’ system with excessive claims
Families and patients suffer as settlements drag on for years
Legal teams are said to be reluctant to use mediation and prefer court
Claims and incidents vary widely in maternity units
Incidents at best performing unit almost 12 times lower than that with highest rate
Cost of indemnity cover an escalating crisis, say consultants
TDs told 20 doctors gave up private practice over cost of cover
Victims ‘left to flounder’ in medical negligence cases
Cases can cost €100,000 before going to trial, conference hears
Solicitors settle medical cases 'for much less than initial demands'
Some lawyers ‘implacably opposed’ to mediation says head of state agency
State could save ’millions’ by transferring medical mishap claims to Injuries Board
Fine Gael manifesto called for change
Is there a better way of dealing with medical mistakes?
A judge’s criticism has shone a spotlight on the sensitive area of medical negligence
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