Empty promises on patient safety

Groundbreaking report was approved by the last government

Leo Varadkar, Minister for Health Pic: Bryan Meade
British health secretary Jeremy Hunt

A groundbreaking report from the Commission on Patient Safety and Quality Assurance was approved by the last government in 2009.

A key recommendation of the report, dubbed the Madden report, was the need to license all public and private healthcare providers.

Chief medical officer Tony Holohan said that “draft heads of a ...