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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

The centre which was inspected provided residential services to five adults with intellectual disabilities

HIQA concerns over management at Roscommon centres

Concerns have been expressed by HIQA about governance issues and the lack of overnight management at residential centres for people with intellectual disabilities in Co Roscommon.

HIQA • 30 Mar 17

The report was one of 27 published by HIQA today

HIQA finds fire safety issues in HSE centres

A Health Information and Quality Authority inspection has found a residential service in Co Donegal for people with disabilities non-compliant on a number of inspection themes.

News • 06 Mar 17

St John of God Community Services is one of Ireland's largest providers of residential care

HIQA may stop charity running residential services

RTÉ Investigates has learned that the Health Information and Quality Authority has warned St John of God Community Services that it may stop the charity from running residential services for the intellectually disabled at its campuses in Kildare and Louth, where over 170 people live.

News • 02 Mar 17

Peamount Healthcare attended a meeting in HIQA's Dublin office following the inspection to discuss its findings

HIQA: Residents charged more than contract stated

Residents of a centre for people with disabilities have been charged more than their contract of care stated they should have paid, according to independent watchdog HIQA.

News • 09 Feb 17

HIQA also found that care planning was inadequate at the centre

HIQA report questions care at Bray nursing home

A HIQA inspection of a nursing home in Bray, Co Wicklow which looks after older people has found serious issues with the standard of care.

News • 03 Feb 17

HIQA has statutory powers of enforcement and prosecution, but other health authorities do not

HIQA warns over home care risks

The Health Information and Quality Authority has said that measures need to be taken to ensure that people being cared for at home are receiving safe and high-quality care.

Health • 01 Feb 17

HIQA said the report follows the HSE's failure to act on previous serious reports

Centre residents had to shower in separate house

Women with intellectual disabilities living in a Health Service Executive-run centre had to leave their bungalow to access a suitable bathroom in a separate house on their campus, according to a report by the Health Information and Quality Authority.

News • 31 Jan 17

HIQA says the new standards describe what safe, high-quality maternity services should look like

New standards for maternity services launched

Minister for Health Simon Harris has launched new standards for better maternity services.

News • 21 Dec 16

The HSE is required to undertake a comprehensive set of remedial time-bound actions agreed with HIQA

Residential centre fails 14 statutory standards

A Sligo residential centre for people with intellectual disabilities run by the Health Service Executive has failed to comply with all but one of 14 statutory standards reviewed by the social services watchdog HIQA.

Glenbow Centre • 16 Dec 16

Greenmount centre is on the campus of the St John of God North East Services in Louth

Care centre took residents' money without consent

A residential centre for people with disabilities took thousands of euro from residents' private accounts without their consent to fund services which the centre should have been providing.

News • 13 Dec 16

HIQA inspectors found a number of failings at the nursing home

Call for HIQA report to be passed to gardaí

The Irish Patients' Association has called for a Health Information and Quality Authority report on the Lough Corrib Nursing Home near Headford, Co Galway to be passed to the gardaí for review.

News • 06 Dec 16

HIQA says the residential centre has gone through a period of crisis

Clonmel residential centre failing children- HIQA

A care centre for children in Co Tipperary is failing children with systems that lead to some boys being harmed, the Health Information and Quality Authority has found.

News • 29 Nov 16

HIQA criticised the HSE for failing in its statutory duty to carry out an unannounced visit to the Glenbow facility

Serious breaches of regulations at Sligo facility

A HIQA inspection of a HSE-run residential centre for people with disabilities has found commodes were stored in occupied twin bedrooms and that one resident had not left the building for two months.

News • 18 Nov 16

The National Federation of Voluntary Bodies' national conference on safeguarding vulnerable people is taking place in Portlaoise

Govt urged to prioritise adult safeguarding laws

The Government has been urged to prioritise the introduction of adult safeguarding legislation to protect the country's most vulnerable adults from abuse or exploitation.

News • 17 Nov 16

The unannounced inspection was carried out on 16 August

Coombe's operating dept 'not fit for purpose'

The operating theatre department at a Dublin maternity hospital was declared not fit for purpose following an inspection by the State's health watchdog.

News • 16 Nov 16

HIQA carried out the unannounced inspection in May

Nursing home abuse claims 'not fully investigated'

Allegations of abuse at a private nursing home in Co Limerick were not investigated fully, according to an inspection report by the Health Information and Quality Authority.

News • 01 Nov 16

Kilkenny residential centre criticised by HIQA

A residential centre for people with disabilities in Kilkenny has been strongly criticised by the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA.

News • 14 Oct 16

The watchdog found that the facility did not have enough staff to meet the assessed needs of residents

HIQA critical of management at Dublin centre

HIQA has found that the person in charge of a residential centre for people with disabilities in south Dublin could not ensure it was effectively managed because he or she was responsible for six other centres operated by their employer.

News • 11 Oct 16

Health Information and Quality Authority published 20 reports on residential services for people with disabilities

HIQA: Resident punished after complaining of abuse

HIQA has found that a HSE-run respite service for people with disabilities in Co Donegal punished a resident who complained of abuse by changing his or her respite arrangements.

News • 04 Oct 16

HIQA made an unannounced inspection of the centre in March of last year

HIQA finds failings at Dublin care centre

A watchdog has found that a residential centre run by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland had a build-up of grime in washing areas and a strong odour of urine in some toilets even after they had been cleaned.

News • 05 Sep 16