Hiqa finds one in five of inspected disability centres need improvements

The on-going decongregation policy, meaning moving residents from large centres to smaller community-based settings, has lead to residents being “more likely to experience a poorer quality of life”, Hiqa's report concluded. File photo: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland

One in five inspections of disability centres last year found improvements are needed to how the centres are managed with problems worsening during the year.

The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) overview of all inspection and regulation in the sector last year, published on Monday, found “the majority of centres” provided good care but raised red flags about some centres.