Healthcare Law

Dr Mary Tumelty has been reappointed to the Health and Social Care Professionals Council within multi-profession health regulator CORU. Dr Tumelty is a law lecturer at University College Cork (UCC), where her research interests include medical law, patient safety and alternative dispute resolution.

A substantial HSE settlement for a woman whose baby was delivered stillborn highlights the "real and urgent need" for new legislation on mandatory disclosure, her lawyers have said. Homs Assist represented Rebecca Collins, a Co Clare woman who sued the HSE for allegations of medical negligence, a br

Belfast solicitor Alphonsus Maginness has been appointed to the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) for a four-year term. Mr Maginness has practised as a solicitor for over 30 years. In February 1998 he was appointed chief legal adviser in what is now the Business Services Organisati

Martyna Brulinska has been promoted to senior associate counsel at healthcare company McKesson Ireland. United Drug, Lloyds Pharmacy, Median Healthcare and TCP Homecare are all subsidiaries of McKesson Ireland, part of the PHOENIX group.

Northern Ireland’s High Court has rejected applications for judicial review into the length of patient wait lists in the jurisdiction. The court found that although this issue was of public concern, the nature of the situation required political leadership, not court involvement.

Northern Ireland's High Court has dismissed applications for judicial review alleging breaches of statutory duty by the Department of Health and two health and social care trusts over treatment waiting times. In a judgment handed down this morning, Mr Justice Adrian Colton said the "crisis" in waiti

The High Court has ruled that a doctor who was facing suspension from the medical register pending the outcome of disciplinary proceedings may be identified in media reports. The application was made by Mediahuis, who sought to name the doctor who had several serious driving convictions. In an ex te

The High Court has ruled that the HSE was required to provide an assessment of need for a disabled child who required a diagnosis to access appropriate schooling and education services. The applicant had significant learning difficulties but the HSE had not assessed him for several years. Delivering

A health and social care trust is set to pay out £20 million to the family of a nine-year-old girl who suffered a serious brain injury at birth in one of Northern Ireland's largest-ever medical negligence settlements. The High Court in Belfast has approved the settlement, which follows legal a

Legislation is set to be drafted to bring the regulation of nursing homes in line with the recommendations of the Covid-19 nursing home expert panel report. The Health (Amendment) Bill will make a number of amendments to the Health Act 2007, which provides for the regulation of designated centres fo

The High Court has ruled that the provisions of the Children First Act 2015 require HSE counsellors to report child abuse claims made by adult service users to Tusla. A 2019 policy published by the HSE required certain “mandated persons” to pass on information to Tusla where there were r

A bereaved mother has received "substantial damages" from the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust and the Northern Ireland Hospice following a settlement ending legal action over alleged medical negligence. Christina Campbell, whose daughter Jessica died at four months old after being di

The UK Supreme Court will soon have the opportunity to settle the law relating to the proximity issue of plaintiffs as secondary victims in claims arising from clinical negligence, writes Belfast barrister James Stitt. On 13th January 2022 the Court of Appeal of England and Wales handed down judgeme

Healthcare lawyer Sandra O'Malley has been appointed by LauraLynn, Ireland's Children's Hospice, as chair of its board of directors. LauraLynn operates Ireland's only children's hospice as well as two local disability services, all based in Mallow, Co Cork.

The High Court has refused an application by the Medical Council to suspend a doctor from the register pending the resolution of a fitness to practise inquiry. The doctor had previously been convicted for drunk driving and other driving offences and banned from driving for 10 years. Despite providin