HIQA raises concerns after resident at  disability centre absconded over wall into neighbour's garden

HIQA has published 21 inspection reports today.

HIQA has raised concerns over how a centre for people with disabilities dealt with the incoming transfer of a resident who climbed over a wall and into a neighbour's garden.

The health watchdog said "fortunately, no physical harm occurred" in the incident at the Tús Nua centre in Kilkenny, but the response to the issue by the operators of the facility was to erect a three-metre high wire mesh fence.