Staff at nursing home had no garda vetting

Two nursing homes in Cork have been rapped for employing staff that had no Garda vetting, and having premises inadequate to allow care to be given “in a dignified and respectful manner”.

The findings are contained in some of the 15 Health Information and Quality Authority inspection reports on residential centres for older people.

In Rochestown Nursing Home, two inspections last July and in January revealed staff had been recruited without any vetting, as required by law.