Medication errors in disabled centre

Health watchdog Hiqa has found “a significant number of medication errors” at a centre for people with disabilities, including instances where medication was found on the floor or had gone missing.

An inspection into the Camphill Community Grangemockler facility in Co Tipperary was triggered after Hiqa “received unsolicited information concerning a number of drug errors occurring in the centre and the staffing arrangements in place to provide a safe service to the residents”, according to a report published yesterday.

The facility, home to 19 residents at the time of the inspection, is operated by Camphill Communities of Ireland.