A manager at Children's Health Ireland who is challenging her dismissal for suspending children from the spinal surgery waiting list reported "serious concerns" that breaches of data protection concerned information about child patients and their families.
Anita Little's lawyer said she had been scapegoated as she was granted an interim injunction restraining her dismissal in the High Court today
As we move towards the opening of the National Children's Hospital Ireland, we need to plan for integrated paediatric healthcare and the policy direction for Children's Health Ireland. The National Children's Hospital Ireland will be the central hub in the network of paediatric care with links to regional paediatric units, operated overwhelmingly by the HSE. Accordingly, I have decided to integrate CHI into the HSE structure.
‘CHI fully acknowledges that we have fallen short of the high standards children and families deserve. We are deeply sorry for the harm and distress caused,’ said Lucy Nugent, chief executive of CHI.
