It’s party time in the department as concerns about patients go unheard

ON the face of it, it seemed that the South Western Area Health Board (SWHB) was to be commended when it took action against a Rathgar nursing home on a number of counts following a visit by a team of inspectors twice this month.

Health boards haven’t had a great press of late, so it was reassuring to read that one of them seemed to be acting promptly on discovering a number of breaches of relevant acts and regulations.

That illusion was soon shattered by Mr Justice Vivian Lavin in the High Court.