Vicky Phelan's campaigning for mandatory open disclosure put the issue 'front and centre.'
The CervicalCheck review, carried out by Dr Gabriel Scally in 2018, made nearly 60 recommendations with 170 actions.The initial scoping inquiry found more than 200 women weren't informed of abnormalities found in their smear test results during the 'look-back' audit.Open disclosure
One of the most important calls in the Scally report was for an urgent revision of the HSE’s open disclosure policy. The report found that there was “no compelling requirement” for doctors to tell patients when mistakes had been made, noting that decisions on disclosure were “left up to their personal and professional judgment”.
It said a new policy must be put in place that ensures patients have a right to “have full knowledge about their healthcare as and when they so wish and, in particular, their right to be informed about any failings in that care process, however and whenever they may arise”.Vicky Phelan campaigned hard for the principle of full disclosure before her death and earlier this month, the Taoiseach said her passion on the issue had placed it “front and centre”.
The event in her native Mooncoin will give people a chance to celebrate her life and pay their final respects.
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