Eleven nursing homes closed in the last two years following inspections by the State’s health watchdog, it has emerged.

A charity has called on the Health Information and Quality Authority to act quickly on nursing homes that are found to provide inadequate services for the elderly.

A closure order was served on a private nursing home after a surprise visit by inspectors found that some residents did not have a shower or bath for a month.

Elderly residents in a nursing home were not bathed for a month, a scathing report has found.