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The Big #MeToo Moment for Doctors Is Finally Here
By Helen Ouyang - New York Times - 20/11/2023 - [USA] In January of 2016, Aja Newman went to the emergency room at Mount Sinai Hospital...
Nov 20, 2023
Tougher laws for sex offenders come into effect
By RTE News - 13.11.2023 - [IRELAND] A range of laws which have come into effect will mean gardaà will now be able to disclose...
Nov 14, 2023
A huge THANK YOU to our volunteer Board of Management
Dignity4Patients wishes to acknowledge and appreciate the valuable contributions made by the volunteer trustees of our organization to...
Nov 13, 2023
They are failing their patients: Survivors of doctors accused of abuse demand accountability
By Catalina Gonelle - Gothamist - 06.11.2023 - [USA] Hundreds of victims are seeking to hold prominent hospitals in New York City...
Nov 6, 2023
Legal strategy is a form of ‘secondary abuse’, says victim
By Colm Keena - The Irish Times - 03.11.2023 - [IRELAND] Speaking outside the Four Courts in Dublin, Ken Grace (56) said he was “not...
Nov 3, 2023
12 doctors banned in Sweden still able to work in Finland
By YLE News - 11.10.2023 - [FINLAND] One dozen physicians who lost their professional credentials in Sweden are still allowed to work in...
Oct 11, 2023
Child abuse inquiry scathing of Dr. Peter Renshaw over mishandling of allegations
By Jano Gibson - ABC News - 26.09.2023 - [AUSTRALIA] - [Peter Renshaw] Tasmania's child abuse inquiry has delivered scathing findings...
Sep 26, 2023
Inquiry hears monsignor made phone call to ex-Fianna Fáil TD to 'suppress' abuse accusations
By Eoghan Dalton - The Journal - 19.09.2023 -[IRELAND] AN INQUIRY EXAMINING allegations of a cover-up in the case of a convicted child...
Sep 19, 2023
Kenneally abuse one of most serious cases of paedophilia in Ireland - judge
By Orla O'Donnell - RTE News - 18.09.2023 - [IRELAND] The garda in charge of investigations into convicted child abuser Bill Kenneally...
Sep 18, 2023
Local HSE office wasn’t happy with parts of report into nursing home rape
Maeve Sheehan – Irish Independent - 17.09.2023 The Community Health Office (CHO) responsible for the HSE nursing home where an elderly...
Sep 17, 2023
Male & Female NHS surgical staff are victims of sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape
By Reemul Balla Sky News 12.09.2023 - [UK] Almost a third of NHS female surgical staff have been sexually assaulted in the last five...
Sep 12, 2023
Revealed: Convicted, unknown and unregulated 'dentists'
By Aoife Hegarty RTÉ Investigates 07.09.2023 A person with a conviction for sexual assault who is not registered with the Dental Council...
Sep 7, 2023
Chairman of victim support group resigns as town divided over Freedom of Drogheda vote
By Alison Comyn - Drogheda Independent - 29.08.2023 [IRELAND] As local councillors prepare to ballot on whether to rescind the Freedom of...
Aug 29, 2023
Waiving right to anonymity a difficult choice, survivors say
By Orla O'Donnell - RTE News - 30.07.2023 In a month where five people who suffered sexual violence all allowed themselves to be publicly...
Jul 30, 2023
Christian Brothers and a strategy that hinders abuse victims seeking reparations
By Bernice Harrison - 11.07.2023 - Irish Times Retired Christian Brother and former school principal Paul Hendrick (75) has been jailed...
Jul 17, 2023
Patients reported more than 700 health professionals for inappropriate behaviour
By Emily Baker - ABC News - 06.07.2023 - [AUSTRALIA] Almost 730 registered health professionals were accused of inappropriate behaviour...
Jul 6, 2023
Can ‘inquiries’ deliver ‘justice’ for victims/survivors of nonrecent institutional abuses?
By Prof Anne-Marie McAlinden - Queen’s University Belfast - 26.06.2023 Many jurisdictions across the world, including Canada, the United...
Jun 26, 2023
External expert review of HSE's safeguarding policy
By Laura Hogan - RTE News - 26.06.2023 An external safeguarding expert has been appointed to examine issues relating to the 'Emily' case...
Jun 25, 2023
Why is a HSE sexual safety policy still only in development?
By Ailbhe Conneely - RTE News - 23.06.2023 The 'Emily' Report is a disturbing review by the National Independent Review Panel (NIRP) into...
Jun 23, 2023
Call for new laws to protect nursing home residents
By MÃcheál Lehane - RTE News - 21.06.2023 The Taoiseach has said that safeguarding laws will be strengthened as soon as possible,...
Jun 22, 2023
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