Safeguarding and structural issues at Cork mental health centre raised by Hiqa
A Cork city mental health centre was not in good structural condition, and there were safeguarding issues related…
Address staffing issues before expanding BowelScreen, HIQA recommends
Review says that offering bowel cancer screenings to 50-54-year-olds would be cost effective, but may cause long waiting…
Serious hospital environment issues found in more than half of inspections – watchdog – The Irish Times
More than half of hospitals inspected over the past two years had issues with ageing buildings or poor…
HIQA to assess inclusion of new condition in newborn screening programme
Watchdog publishes protocol for a health technology assessment of the addition of congenital adrenal hyperplasia to the ‘heel…
Patient safety risks identified at Navan Hospital – The Irish Times
Navan hospital has patient safety risks that “cannot be fully managed” due to the lack of acute on-site…
you might be surprised – The Irish Times
“Sláinte” will be on the lips of many millions of people around the world today as all things…
Highly vulnerable child in State care being failed in ‘unacceptable’ way, judge says – The Irish Times
The State’s continued use of unregulated emergency placements for vulnerable children in care is a “national scandal” that…
HIQA to assess inclusion of breast density in screening programme
Assessment will consider whether it would be beneficial to measure, record, and notify women attending BreastCheck of their…
‘Deeply concerning’: Kilkenny nursing home ‘substandard’ in latest HIQA report
Multiple serious issues at Brookhaven Nursing Home in Ballyragget were described on Tuesday by a second Health Information…
Hiqa seeks orders compelling RTÉ to disclose nursing home footage – The Irish Times
The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) is seeking a High Court order compelling RTÉ to provide it…
Midleton Community Hospital residents lack privacy while wait for new nursing home continues
Residents of Midleton Community Hospital lack privacy and dignity, health watchdog Hiqa has warned, as the wait goes…
Judge criticises ‘shameful’ profiteering by private firms providing care placements – The Irish Times
The “profiteering” by private operators providing unregulated placements for “the most vulnerable children” is “wrong and shameful”, a…