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HIQA finds teen care centre ‘in crisis’

SINCE May 2010, 18 teenage girls have been detained at a special care centre which has been branded dysfunctional and “in crisis” by inspectors from the Health and Information Quality Authority.

HIQA finds teen care centre ‘in crisis’

Thu, 08 Dec, 2011 - 00:00

Jennifer Hough

The young people at the centre on a day in October included:

* A 16-year-old girl from the HSE West area who was there for 11-and-a-half months. She had previously been in two residential care homes and six foster placements.

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