Centres for children with disabilities ‘non-compliant’ — HIQA

Two centres for children with disabilities in the south have been found not to comply with regulations across all seven areas inspected.

The inspections of the facilities, in Cork and Kerry, carried out by the Health Information and Quality Authority, were published yesterday as part of a tranche of reports issued by the watchdog.

In the inspection of the designated centre for people with disabilities operated by St Joseph’s Foundation in Cork, Hiqa found evidence of good practice, but also concerns in areas such as children’s care planning, risk management, governance and management, and staff supervision. Home to four residents with a moderate to severe intellectual disability, the centre was found to be moderately non-compliant across all seven categories inspected.