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Government more than doubles SCA's remit for managing personal injury and third-party property damage
21 April 2014Number of public bodies covered by SCA remit increases from 56 to 117 Move will save State €4m upfront and €2m every year Bodies added include the Criminal Assets Bureau, the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission and the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement The Government has delegated responsibility for managing personal injury […]
Fetal Monitoring in Practice - Clinical Seminar, October 2014
17 February 2014Fetal Monitoring in Practice is a practical education programme provided for clinical staff with responsibility for cardiotocographic (CTG) monitoring and interpretation within the Irish maternity services.This programme is primarily for Staff Midwives, Clinical Midwife Managers (1 and 2), Non Consultant Hospital Doctors. Consideration will be given to any other […]
Implications of State Indemnity - Seminars for HSE, February 2014
11 February 2014Over the past number of months, the State Claims Agency (SCA) has hosted a series of nationwide seminars for HSE staff on the implications of State indemnity for risk (other than clinical risk), and associated management responsibilities. These seminars were run between November 2013 and January 2014 in Dublin, Limerick […]
Barristers Panels – Tenders Awarded
24 January 2014The State Claims Agency, in an initiative designed to reduce legal costs, invited barristers to tender competitively for their services by way of e-tender. This tender competition followed the success of a similar initiative by the Agency, in 2011, which reduced legal fees paid to solicitors. Barrister tender applications were assessed […]
State Claims Agency Newsletter
24 September 2013The latest edition of the State Claims Agency Newsletter has been published and can be downloaded here.This edition’s content:Editorial – Home Births: The HSE Indemnity SchemeUpgrade to National Adverse Event Management System (NAEMS) previously STARSThe Introduction of Clinical Risk Management to Irish Prison Services – A Collaborative ApproachVulnerable Patients Who […]
State and semi-State bodies combine for new Visitor Safety Group Initiative
11 September 2013Initiative will promote best practice in visitor safety management at 900 sites and 1,000km of navigable waterways in Ireland A number of State and semi-State bodies responsible for the management of approximately 900 national monuments, parks, historic houses, recreation sites and 1,000km of inland navigable waterways across the island of Ireland, […]
NTMA Annual Report 2012 and Midyear 2013 Update
18 July 2013The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) today reported results for 2012 and provided a review of activities across the range of its business functions.The following extract relates to the State Claims Agency, the name used by the NTMA when performing its delegated claims and risk management functions. More information is […]
New look State Claims Agency Newsletter
31 March 2013The State Claims Agency has published the latest edition of its newsletter, which has been rebranded and extended to reflect the extended statutory remit for the employer, public, property damage and clinical negligence exposures of the HSE and the clinical negligence exposure of the Voluntary Hospitals Group.This Edition’s contentEditorial – […]
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