Hiqa got more than 4,000 reports of serious injuries to care home residents in 2013

Nursing home inspectors received 373 reports of alleged, suspected or confirmed abuse of older people last year.

Hiqa got more than 4,000 reports of serious injuries to care home residents in 2013
Tue, 06 May, 2014 - 14:19

Nursing home inspectors received 373 reports of alleged, suspected or confirmed abuse of older people last year.

Watchdog the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) said it received 5,362 alerts of potentially harmful events in care homes up and down the country.

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