Report urges overhaul of nursing home inspections

A MAJOR overhaul of the nursing home inspection process has been called for in a new report which revealed that over a third of homes in North County Dublin hadn’t been inspected in six months.

Report urges overhaul of nursing home inspections

The independent study, commissioned in the aftermath of the Leas Cross scandal, also called for a change to the make-up of inspection teams so that people of varying medical expertise are involved.

The report, which hasn’t been published yet, found that inspection teams weren’t given any information on recent deaths at the 29 premises and that they didn’t have access to environmental health officer inspection reports completed on the homes.

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