The Department of Health today has published an update on the ongoing work to implement the recommendations of the Inquiry into Hyponatraemia-Related Deaths (IHRD).
However, while the department have said most of the recommendations are operational and can be made in the absence of an Executive, some will require a Minister to pass legislation.
On January 31, 2018 the report of the IHRD was published following an extensive investigation into the deaths of five children in hospitals in Northern Ireland.
The Department of Health is currently taking forward a programme of work to implement the recommendations arising from the Inquiry.
Commenting on the latest progress report NI Commissioner for Children and Young People, Koulla Yiasouma said: "Having made repeated requests to the Department of Health for assurance that this important recommendation is being sufficiently progressed, I am deeply frustrated and very concerned at the lack of meaningful progress on this critical issue.
"Approximately 150 child die every year in Northern Ireland. It is a tragedy when any child dies and it places a grave responsibility upon government and statutory agencies to learn from every death to ensure that where further deaths may be prevented, this is identified and acted upon".
