Staff taken off duty over care practice complaints

The HSE has confirmed 10 staff and one agency worker at a disability service run by the Daughters of Charity in Tipperary have been taken off duty following complaints over "inappropriate" care practices.

Staff taken off duty over care practice complaints

The complaints, which have been notified to gardaí, relate to two residential units at St Anne’s in Roscrea and were made by a student who had been on placement. St Anne’s has four bungalows, and the complaints relate to two of those bungalows, each of which caters to eight adults with intellectual disabilities.

Last night, the Daughters of Charity issued a statement in which it said it became aware on December 15 that an allegation of “inappropriate practices” had been made to the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa). It received an outline of the allegations the next day.

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