Hiqa wants to oversee all care homes

All health and social care services, including home care, respite care, day care, and hospice care, should be regulated, and not just residential services, the health watchdog has said.

Instead of regulating “buildings and centres”, Hiqa wants to switch to a model of regulating “services”.

This would afford greater protection for the many potentially vulnerable people receiving care, who are not protected by our current regulatory framework.