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The Ballytobin facility was run for four decades by the Camphill Communities of Ireland

Long-term staff 'causing distress' at Kilkenny facility

HIQA has accused a number of long-term staff at a former Camphill Community of causing significant distress to residents by hindering the HSE's efforts to implement appropriate safeguarding practices after taking over the facility last summer.

Ireland • 06 Nov 17

HIQA says the centre has a history of non-compliance

HIQA criticises Cork nursing home for non-compliance

An inspection report by the Health Information and Quality Authority has criticised a Cork nursing home which has 22 residents.

Munster • 02 Oct 17

HIQA was not promptly notified of alleged incidents

Care centre seriously non-compliant on two standards

A centre for people with intellectual disabilities in Co Wicklow has been criticised by the Health Information and Quality Authority for failing to appropriately investigate allegations that residents were harmed.

Health • 20 Sep 17

HIQA proposes cancellation of centre's registration

The Health Information and Quality Authority has issued a residential service run by Rehabcare with a notice proposing to cancel its registration.

Ireland • 05 Sep 17

HIQA carried out an unannounced inspection at the centre last May

Children's centre criticised over agency staff hiring

Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has said it regrets that a number of planned improvements at a boys' residential centre in the south of the country have not progressed as quickly as scheduled.

Munster • 04 Sep 17

Concerns were raised over safeguarding arrangements and care

HIQA cancels residential centre's registration

The Cheshire Foundation in Ireland has handed over the management of a residential centre for highly dependent adults in Cork following the cancellation of its registration by HIQA.

Ireland • 16 Aug 17

HIQA inspectors found many people in fostering households did not have garda vetting

HIQA: Some foster carers in Mid-West not garda vetted

HIQA has said child protection allegations concerning children in foster care in the Mid-West region were not managed in line with official policy.

Ireland • 15 Aug 17

HIQA inspectors found safety issues at Chapel View in Co Kildare

Safety issues highlighted at Kildare centre

A HIQA report on a residential service for men in Co Kildare has found there were not adequate systems to protect residents and staff.

Ireland • 10 Aug 17

HIQA has reported on foster care services operated by Tusla in Kerry and Galway-Roscommon

HIQA highlights shortcomings in garda vetting system

The Health Information and Quality Authority has found that over 40% of foster carers in the Kerry service area had not had a review in over three years.

Health • 08 Aug 17

14% of foster carers did not have Garda vetting updated within required timeframe

HIQA finds failings in Tusla's foster care reviews

HIQA has found that four out of five foster carers in Tusla's North Dublin Area have not been reviewed within the required three years, while 14% had not had their Garda vetting updated in the same period.

Ireland • 27 Jul 17

Eoin Ó Broin said some families were being forced to live in appalling conditions

SF says HIQA should inspect emergency accommodation

Sinn Féin has called for an independent inspection regime for emergency homeless accommodation and Direct Provision centres.

Politics • 26 Jul 17

HIQA found that residents were regularly referred to private dieticians without a full exploration of their entitlement to the service

Residents charged for fire-proofing curtains at centre

A number of residents with disabilities at a Co Kerry centre were charged for the full cost of specialised chairs while another was charged more than €2,000 for an aid they were obliged to use every day, according to HIQA.

Ireland • 24 Jul 17

Tusla was criticised for failing to designate an authorised person to formally monitor the area's service

HIQA finds Tusla failings over foster carer allegations

A new HIQA inspection report has criticised the area management of Tusla in Cork for failing to record 40% of child protection and welfare allegations submitted to it against foster carers last year.

Ireland • 20 Jul 17

The report on an unannounced inspection of Saint Joseph's Hospital in Ennis, Co Clare, found that what should be a nursing home in fact appeared institutional

HSE nursing home in Clare had urinals hanging on beds

Some residents in a Health Service Executive-run nursing home in Co Clare had urinals hanging on their beds in close proximity to other residents, according to an inspection report published by the Health Information and Quality Authority.

Ireland • 14 Jul 17

Fresh Start owner David Durney says its residential operation is completely separate

Owner blames foster service issues on hiring problems

The owner of a foster care service which has been criticised after a Health Information and Quality Authority report found significant deficits in how it assessed prospective foster carers has confirmed he is closing the service.

Ireland • 12 Jul 17

A follow-up inspection will take place in around six months

HIQA finds failures in medication safety at UHL

An inspection of University Hospital Limerick has found failures in relation to medication safety.

Ireland • 11 Jul 17

St Vincent's Centre is based in Cork city

Issues at residence persisted after transfer to HSE

A centre for women with intellectual disabilities which had its registration cancelled by HIQA last March was still seriously in breach of regulations three weeks later despite its transfer to the Health Service Executive.

Health • 10 Jul 17

HIQA found the absence of up-to-date garda vetting

HIQA highlights lack of recent reviews of foster carers

According to a HIQA report in foster services, 84% of foster carers in Dublin South East and Wicklow had not had a review in over three years.

Health • 12 Jun 17

The residential centre at Ballytobin was taken over by the HSE on Tuesday

HIQA reports abuse allegations at care home

The Health Information and Quality Authority says it has contacted gardaí to report allegations of serious abuse at a residential centre for disabled adults in Co Kilkenny.

News • 09 Jun 17

Centre stayed open after HIQA satisfied itself that owners had begun improving residents' safety and care

HIQA threatened to close Co Wicklow centre for adults

The Health Information and Quality Authority threatened to close a Co Wicklow centre for adults with disabilities earlier this year after a resident swallowed a number of latex gloves.

Health • 07 Jun 17

HIQA says there are serious concerns about safety and the quality of service in Ballytobin

Co Kilkenny special needs centre facing closure

One of the longest running centres for adults with special needs is facing closure because of serious concerns with issues there.

Ireland • 25 May 17

Need to increase participation in medication safety programme beyond the pharmacy dept

Good medication safety noted in HIQA reports

The Health Information and Quality Authority has published inspection reports on medication safety at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin and St Michael's Hospital in Dun Laoghaire.

Regional • 10 May 17

HIQA warned that residential centres for people with disabilities and foster care services must take stronger measures to protect vulnerable people in their care

HIQA calls for new safeguarding legislation

The Health Information and Quality Authority has called for new legislation to improve the safeguarding of vulnerable people in care.

HIQA • 02 May 17

HIQA published two inspection reports on foster care services today

HIQA raises concerns after foster care inspections

HIQA has said significant risks were found across a range of areas during an inspection of the Dublin South Central foster care service and management and monitoring systems in Care Visions fostering services required "significant improvement".

HIQA • 18 Apr 17

The unannounced inspection was carried out last November

HIQA: Residents in Wexford disability centre 'punished'

An unannounced health watchdog inspection of a centre for adults with disabilities in Co Wexford has found punishment of residents was prevalent.

Health • 06 Apr 17