Two complaints about alleged abuse at HSE-run nursing home not investigated, Hiqa finds
Health watchdog publishes report into Cherry Orchard Hospital in Ballyfermot that highlighted a number of areas of non-compliance
Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA)
Long waits and poor performance at Drogheda emergency department, watchdog finds
Demand exceeds inpatient and emergency department capacity at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Hiqa finds
Galway nursing home residents had no showers for 24 hours after provider failed to pay gas bill, Hiqa finds
Some residents at Co Galway care centre were being charged for services they did not use, says watchdog’s report
Avoca owner and direct provision operator Aramark received €10.5m in Covid supports in 2023
Losses at Campbell Catering owner narrow to €7.4m despite jump in restructuring costs
Hiqa to advise Government next summer on whether additional ED needed in midwest
Health and social care regulator publishes terms of reference of new review into emergency department services in midwest region
Cockroach infestations, dead rats and ‘aggressive behaviour’ flagged in reports on asylum accommodation
Reports submitted to IPAS reveal numerous fire safety incidents and some pest infestations during first six months of 2024
University Hospital Limerick has ‘management issue’ resulting in overcrowding, says Donnelly
Minister for Health says ‘the kind of reforms that have worked in other hospitals are not fully rolled out in UHL’
Extending RSV immunisation would come with ‘substantial’ challenges
Hiqa warns that cost analysis must be a factor as plan for 2025-2026 season is considered
Hiqa to consider extending colorectal cancer screening
Colorectal cancer accounts for an average of about 1,000 deaths a year in Ireland
Almost all of radiation found in Irish people from natural sources - EPA
Almost 60 per cent of dose is due to the radioactive gas Radon in indoor air
Provisional liquidators appointed by High Court to Dublin nursing home operator
Passage Healthcare International (Ireland) Limited ran the Lucan Lodge Nursing home and Sally Park Nursing Home in Firhouse
Five north Dublin nursing home residents died in three separate disease outbreaks, Hiqa finds
Some staff of Raheny facility wore masks below their nose while some equipment was not cleaned properly
Healthcare workers to get quick digital access to patients’ medical records under new national system
Government plans aimed at addressing ‘major deficiencies’ in current information system
Gaps in healthcare regulation mean whistleblowers may go unheeded, says watchdog
Protected Disclosures Commissioner says some agencies showed a reluctance to deal with reports of wrongdoing
UHL is no longer starved of funds. Why is it still so far from satisfactory performance?
Another week, another damning report on the overcrowded Limerick hospital
Law Reform Commission proposes new safeguarding body with power to go into homes to protect at-risk adults
Abuse and coercive control/exploitation of at-risk adults should be criminalised, says commission report
‘My partner was sedated while I wasn’t there. We didn’t get to say goodbye’: One in 10 say end-of-life care fair to poor
Survey of 4,570 bereaved family members and friends found majority had confidence and trust in healthcare staff in such settings
Residents of Wexford nursing home had pads changed against their wishes at night
Complaints about early bed-times and quality of food highlighted by health watchdog inspectors
Monitoring of private hospitals by State watchdog to start later this year
Hiqa unveils public consultation on including inspection of private hospitals in its remit
Tusla unwilling to ‘stand over’ children in unregulated accommodation
Demand on child and family agency services has doubled in past 10 years
Tusla delays in Garda vetting have potentially placed children at risk of abuse, Hiqa finds
‘Substantial’ delays found in identifying children who possibly had contact with alleged abusers
Health watchdog seeks to deregister disability centres amid governance concerns
Hiqa says poor governance raises concerns over risk management at centres
Rural areas worst affected as 14 nursing homes close
Almost 1,000 beds lost last year through closures or reductions in bed numbers, according to Hiqa
Officials warned of ‘very high risk’ Aperee nursing home group would collapse
Documents highlight concerns over ‘precarious financial position’ of individual Aperee nursing homes
Children’s hospital ‘swamped’ by record surge in respiratory cases
Almost 370 patients, most of them children, were hospitalised with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) last week
Closure of Aperee nursing home caused ‘most stressful period’ for family
Three nursing homes run by private company Aperee Living ordered to close since September
Nursing home group which cares for 500 residents is in ‘crisis’, Hiqa warns
Hiqa raised ‘significant concerns’ about nursing homes run by private company Aperee Living
Documents reveal growing crisis facing Aperee nursing home group
Hiqa criticised nursing home group’s fitness during ‘rapidly escalating’ controversy, correspondence shows
Hiqa refers concerns over nursing home group to Garda
Regulator reported inappropriate use of residents’ money by Aperee nursing home group to gardaí
Group chief of Aperee Living nursing homes resigned over ‘financial integrity’ concerns
Chief executive resigned within months over concerns about Aperee nursing home group companies
Concern over staffing ‘crisis’ in care home run by Ability West
Regulator criticises ‘persistent poor findings’ in inspections of facilities run by Galway provider
Hiqa reports deficits in Tusla services for at risk children in Louth and Meath
Significant staffing shortages impacting Tusla service, health watchdog finds
Tusla failing to meet standards for caring for unaccompanied child asylum seekers - Hiqa
Child and family agency staff tell inspectors they are limited to ‘putting out fires’ and are feeling ‘stressed and overwhelmed’
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