Chief Executive of the HSE Bernard Gloster has said the health service 'failed' Aoife Johnston and that failure 'led to her death'.
Chief Executive of the HSE Bernard Gloster has said the health service"failed" Aoife Johnston and that failure"led to her death".
Mr Gloster said that while the question of accountability"remains very much alive for me" it was not one he could preempt or determine until he had studied transcripts from the inquest into Ms Johnston's death and read the report by retired Chief Justice Frank Clarke. He said the number of junior doctors, emergency consultants and nurses had all risen since Ms Johnston died and that"many other steps" to improve safety had been taken.
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