Nursing home inspectorate delays criticised

DOCTORS are worried over the delay in establishing a fully operational independent nursing home inspectorate.

Deputy president of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO), Dr Paula Gilvarry, who is also involved in nursing home inspections, said she had noticed that inspection teams were still not fully in place in some areas of the country.

And, she said, there was a huge variation in the make-up of the teams. Dr Gilvarry said recruitment was also constrained by the employment ceiling in the public service.