Peadar Tóibín
Question:252. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cases taken against the State regarding the deaths of individuals from Covid-19 in hospitals or nursing homes. [41848/24]
View answerWednesday, 16 October 2024
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The State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims on behalf of State Authorities including the Health Service Executive.
The SCA has informed me that it has received 73 wrongful death claims, in respect of COVID-19, recorded across hospitals, nursing homes, HSE locations including community healthcare locations, COVID-19 vaccine programme locations and HIQA.
The SCA has informed me that this information was extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and is correct as at the 11/10/2024.
Definitions:
National Incident Management System (NIMS): National Incident Management System (NIMS): Incidents (which include claims) are reported using the “National Incident Management System”, hosted by the State Claims Agency (SCA). An incident can be a harmful Incident (Adverse Event), no harm incident, near miss, dangerous occurrence (reportable circumstance) or complaint. NIMS is the system used by the delegated authorities to fulfil their statutory requirement to report incidents to the State Claims Agency and for their own incident and risk management purposes.
Claim: A claim refers to notification of intention to seek compensation for personal injury and/or property damage where it is alleged the State was negligent. The application may be in the form of a letter of claim, an InjuriesBoard.ie application, or a written/oral request.