Hospitals & Healthcare: Experience

• A Dublin hospital on the demerger of its Children's Hospital and the transfer of acute in patient paediatric services to the Children's Hospital Group entity to be established by primary legislation.
• The Rotunda Hospital on the sale to Virtus /Sims IVF of Human Assisted Reproduction Ireland.
• A variety of hospitals on employment related matters.
• Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital in the successful defence of a large cohort of High Court Claims arising out of historic obstetric practice of Symphysiotomy.
• A Psychiatric Hospital on the successful defence of High Court Judicial Review proceedings in relation to the treatment of a voluntary patient currently involving the interpretation of the Mental Health Act 2001, the Constitution of Ireland and Human Rights Law.
• St. James Hospital on procurement processes, drafting their standard procurement and contract documents, and advice in relation to an upgrade of the picture archiving communications systems and related radiology information systems, nursing agency services, supply of CT scanners etc.
• Adelaide & Meath Hospital which incorporates the National Children's Hospital on procurement processes, drafting their standard procurement and contract documents, and advice in relation to an upgrade of the picture archiving communications systems and related radiology information systems, nursing agency services, supply of CT scanners etc.
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland on various commercial transactions including a long term outsourced services and intellectual property licensing contract in respect of a new academic medical teaching hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• National University of Ireland, Maynooth in relation to a strategic collaboration and alliance project with Dublin City University and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
• Origin Fertility Care on shareholder and commercial agreements.
• 3fivetwo Healthcare on the acquisition of St Joseph's Private Hospital.
• A hospital board on an external review investigating the care of a patient who died following a medication error while in long stay care , addressing with the Board issues of corporate clinical responsibility for safety and quality of care , management of risk and quality improvement.
• Various hospitals and Section 38 agencies on compliance with public sector pay and HSE, Board and Corporate Governance requirements and Annual Compliance Statement.
• A national disability organisation on its Service Level Arrangement with the HSE and managing the impact of public pay restoration.
• A national disability organisation on establishing an organisation wide risk register.
• The State Claims Agency, Clinical Indemnity Scheme and Allianz in the defence of a wide range of clinical negligence claims in particular high value complex catastrophic injuries claims.
• Allianz in the defence of High Court clinical negligence claims for insured hospitals providing obstetric and mental health services.
• A maternity hospital obtaining healthcare injunctions facilitating the treatment of adult patients who lack capacity to consent to elective treatment or treatment in pregnancy as well as orders mandating the treatment of children born to Jehovah Witness parents with blood or blood products where necessary to save the life or protect the health of the child.
• AMNCH in a statutory investigation initiated by HIQA in relation to the quality safety and standards of care of patients seeking acute admission through the Hospital’s Emergency Department.
• AMNCH in relation to the non-statutory review undertaken by Senator Hayes on behalf of the HSE into a backlog of reporting on x rays and responding to GP referrals.
• The Rotunda Hospital in a successful Supreme Court appeal protecting from disclosure confidential patient information under Freedom of Information legislation.
• St James’ Hospital and Trinity College Dublin on the establishment of Trinity Health (Ireland) a strategic alliance between the school of medicine at TCD with St James’s Hospital , AMNCH and Coombe Hospitals.