Resident locked out of care centre 27 times in seven months

The Hiqa report described how staff noted at times the resident was "distressed" and trying to get back into the facility,

An inspection report by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) has raised concerns over how a young person residing at a centre for people with disabilities was locked out of the facility 27 times in a seven-month period, including at night.

The report, seen by the Irish Examiner, questions whether the use of the restrictive practice of locking the resident outside — on one occasion, during the day, for almost six hours — was always employed as a "last resort" against challenging behaviour.