HSE: nursing home breaches addressed

COMPLAINTS about a nursing home in Cork were acted on immediately, the Health Service Executive (HSE) insisted yesterday.

HSE: nursing home breaches addressed

Fine Gael has claimed that St Albert’s nursing home in Sunday’s Well remained open after inspection reports revealed breaches in patient care, poor environmental standards and staff shortages.

In December 2003, a Southern Health Board (SHB) nursing home complaints’ officer warned that “ill old people should not be referred” to the home. The officer issued the warning after investigating three complaints made about the nursing home — two in late 2003 and one in 2002.

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