Cork nursing home staff used chemical restraints

Management at a nursing home are moving to address serious concerns raised in an inspection report, including issues around patient money going missing and the use of chemical restraints.

The inspection report by health watchdog HIQA into the Conna Nursing Home near Fermoy, Co Cork, found six areas of major non-compliance with regulations and some other, less serious shortcomings in other areas.

Concerns raised by the Health Information and Quality Authority during the inspection — the eighth visit to the centre — included a failure to notify HIQA about allegations of money going missing, and the policies around notification of absconding residents.