System in need of treatment

With the possible exception of the legal profession, almost everyone involved with medical malpractice - physicians, patients, hospital staff - complains that the system is seriously flawed. Are healthcare workers in Ireland battling a compo culture or is the system failing patients?

The State Claims Agency (SCA), which indemnifies all healthcare workers in public hospitals, is handling 1,239 active cases. The organisation, which began covering healthcare workers in the public system in 2002, ...