Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 June 2024
167. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cases taken against the HSE/letters of claim, for the misreading of smear tests in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [27314/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims on behalf of State Authorities including the Health Service Executive. I have been informed by the SCA that the information below has been extracted from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) according to the criteria below and is accurate as of 20/06/2024.
The State Claims Agency received 398 claims related to the Cervical Cancer National Screening Services (NSS) between 01/01/2014 and 20/06/2024. Of these 398 claims, 81 were psychological claims.
|
Year Claim Created |
Number of Claims |
|
2014 |
1 |
|
2015 |
0 |
|
2016 |
2 |
|
2017 |
1 |
|
2018 |
86 |
|
2019 |
52 |
|
2020 |
95 |
|
2021 |
103 |
|
2022 |
39 |
|
2023 |
14 |
|
2024 (YTD) |
5 |
|
Grand Total |
398 |
Table 1: Cervical Cancer NSS Claims Received between 01/01/2014 – 20/06/2024
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.
Year Claim Created: Official date that the claim was created on NIMS. If a record is first logged to the system as a claim, the "Claim Create Date" and "Create Date" will be the same, however, if a record was once an incident and subsequently transitioned into a claim, the "Claim Create Date" will differ from the "Create Date", with the "Create Date" representing the date the incident was first recorded, and the "Claim Create Date" representing the date the record transitioned to a Claim.
