Foster care guidelines are still not implemented

MORE than a dozen fresh allegations of foster care concerns against specific families have been made in a follow-up investigation into “unacceptable” standards in the sector.

A Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) report has found that serious problems are continuing in the HSE’s Dublin north central foster care area.

The investigation, which was published on hiqa.ie last night, took place in March to ensure difficulties highlighted in a July 2010 review had been addressed.