In 2010 the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) issued Guidance for the Health Service Executive for the Review of Serious Incidents including Deaths of Children in Care.  This Guidance prescribes that the HSE establish a National Review Panel.

The work of the Review Panel is overseen by independent chairperson, Prof. Helen Buckley, Ph.D., School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin. This is to ensure that the Panel can produce reports that are entirely objective and independent of the HSE.

Click the links below to view or download the reports.

Reports published November 2013

National Review Panel Annual Report 2011.pdf (size 4.4 MB)

National Review Panel Annual Report 2012.pdf (size 5.9 MB)

Review undertaken in respect of Yvonne.pdf (size 260.3 KB)

Review undertaken in respect of Tom.pdf (size 2.9 MB)

Review undertaken in respect of Robert.pdf (size 1.3 MB)

Review undertaken in respect of Nathan.pdf (size 2.8 MB)

Review undertaken in respect of Mathew.pdf (size 251.2 KB)

Review undertaken in respect of Dermot.pdf (size 2.2 MB)

Review undertaken in respect of Dara.pdf (size 516.6 KB)

Reports published May 2012

Review undertaken in respect of the death of Adam a child known to the child protection system 

Review undertaken in respect of the death of R a young person known to the child protection system

Review undertaken in respect of the death of a child in the care of the HSE Sean

Report of the accidental death of O