HIQA: Home has no auditing system for significant incidents

INDEPENDENT health inspectors have found the operators of a nursing home have come up short in addressing a number of shortcomings in the service.

In a report on Kilrush District Hospital in Co Clare, Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) inspectors discovered auditing systems had not been put in place for significant incidents and there was no policy for the management of residents’ money and valuables.

It emerged €2 million was invested in the facility since the community took over the running of the facility 23 years ago.