Organisation: health watchdog

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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HIQA publish inspection reports for hospitals in Cork, Dublin and Tipperary

An inspection of Nenagh Hospital in Co. Tipperary has found that infection prevention at the hospital is significantly under-resourced.

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Hiqa: Staff levels impede care needs at facilities for disabled

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Hiqa backs stroke therapy treatment

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Hiqa reports show disabled 'experience assault, often on a daily basis' at residential centres

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Hiqa records concerns about 13 of 20 residential centres for people with disabilities

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Hiqa blames poor intrastructure for hospital-acquired disease at St Vincent's

Understaffed centre ordered not to take in new residents

Health watchdog Hiqa has strongly criticised a centre for people with disabilities, ordering no new residents be taken in until issues of understaffing are addressed.

Thu, 29 Oct, 2015

‘Overwhelmed’ care centre criticised

Health watchdog the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) has criticised a centre for children in care, claiming staff were sometimes “overwhelmed” by the challenging behaviour of the young people staying there.

Sat, 10 Oct, 2015

Bloodied medical equipment ‘left lying around’ Bantry General Hospital

Blood-stained medical equipment used to perform a liver biopsy was left lying around in a manner that posed a risk of spreading disease at Bantry General Hospital, according to the health watchdog.

Thu, 08 May, 2014