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Consultants to testify at Northern Ireland Emergency Department inquiry Frontline staff testify at Northern Ireland emergency department inquiry
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Emergency department consultants are to give evidence to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Inquiry on its second day. Frontline medical staff, including doctors and nurses, are giving evidence to the Human Rights Commission inquiry into emergency health care.
The inquiry is investigating whether patients who encountered problems in emergency departments had their human rights violated. It is investigating whether patients' rights to health were violated due to treatment they received in emergency departments across Northern Ireland.
Public hearings will continue across Northern Ireland until the end of October. The panel will hear from consultants who work in emergency departments providing round the clock care.
Public hearings will continue until the end of October.
Among those giving evidence on Friday will be the president and chair of the College of Emergency Medicine in Northern Ireland.
They are responsible for setting medical standards and they are expected to say that things cannot be allowed to get any worse for both their members and patients.
Nurse consultants from both the Mater and the Royal Victoria hospitals are due to describe working life from their perspective.
On Friday afternoon, patients, including an advocate for those who are mentally ill, will describe the availability of services in emergency care for people who are vulnerable or suicidal.
Among those asking questions will be a former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Prof Paul Hunt.Among those asking questions will be a former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Prof Paul Hunt.
The health minister and the chief medical officer gave evidence during the first day of testimony on Thursday.The health minister and the chief medical officer gave evidence during the first day of testimony on Thursday.