Sorry seems to be the hardest word: Leo Varadkar’s U-turn
Varadkar vowed last February to legislate to make open disclosure a legal requirement
Plans to introduce legislation that would force doctors and nurses to admit mistakes have been abandoned.
The U-turn will be a disappointment to patient groups, who had welcomed Minister for Health Leo Varadkar’s promise to legislate to make open disclosure and a duty of candour a legal requirement.
During an appearance at the Oireachtas health committee last February, Varadkar said the failure of doctors and nurses to make such disclosures was the equivalent ...