Sensitive patient records were left exposed on wards at mental health facility in Dublin, report finds
Two residents’ clinical files were left on the nurses’ station unattended and a filing cabinet was left unlocked.
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Two residents’ clinical files were left on the nurses’ station unattended and a filing cabinet was left unlocked.
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said meat barons are playing with people’s lives.
The meat industry today said there have been a high proportion of asymptomatic positive cases among workers.
No inspections of centres have taken place since late March due to Covid-19.
Labour TD Ged Nash expressed concern about the figures this afternoon.
Success in re-opening in Ireland is relying on community transmission of Covid-19 not to rise sharply again.
The Mental Health Commission found there were continuing breaches of human rights in many centres.
Hiqa published an overview of the inspection and monitoring activity of eight care centres.
SIPTU is to contact Aer Lingus over roll-out of CCTV in staff areas due to missing stock.
More inspections are to be carried out in the near future.
Residents were unable to lock their bedroom doors in 77% of the 43 inspections.
Stewart Care Limited provides residential centres for people with disabilities.
The Health Information and Quality Authority released three inspection reports of foster care services in Ireland.
The jump in the figures over the last year is largely attributed to the public awareness campaign rolled out by the Department of Communications.
Homeless services say the inspections are welcome, but the government’s main focus should be on ensuring families are not living long-term in hotels and B&Bs.
The majority of the prosecutions above relate to businesses in the food and drink sector.
The Health and Safety Authority has today launched a nationwide inspection campaign.
An inspection from Hiqa found a number of issues at Broadleaf Manor in Kildare.
62 Irish restaurants and takeaways were shut last year for an awful lot of different reasons.
The number of inspections carried out by the HSA have taken a sharp decline in recent years.
It follows Hiqa inspections at centres in Meath, Wexford and Kildare.
One councillor said people are putting up with sub-standard conditions just to have a roof over their heads.
Health watchdog HIQA has released details of six unannounced inspections at hospitals around the country.
Out of the 5,984 rentals inspected, 5,228 were served with enforcement notices.
The breach in recommended practice took place at a hospital in Laois.
A subsequent report showed a major improvement.
Non compliance was found in some areas relating to hazard identification and risk assessment.
The Inspectorate of Mental Health Services found some of the hostels “too big”.
The OSCE said earlier today that its monitors would try again to enter the Ukrainian region of Crimea.
The Dublin City Coroner has called for mandatory safety catches, but local authorities don’t inspect windows, it has been revealed.
Damascus was required to submit the destruction plan under a US-Russian deal agreed last month.
A report by HIQA found that a Monaghan care unit did not have adequate fire safety procedures in place, leading to a decision to close it.
The Health Information and Quality Authority has carried out inspections on five hospitals with South Tipperary General Hospital coming in for particularly strong criticism.
Also attending the meeting will be the CEO of the Child and Family Support Agency and representatives from Early Childhood Ireland.
HIQA inspectors identified a number of specific issues that present “immediate serious risks” to patients.
The inspections will see the State’s children and families services subject to independent inspection and monitoring for the first time.
Environment Minister Phil Hogan had vowed to wrap up EPA inspections – needed for the daily fines to stop – before end of last month but deadline has not been met.
The figures were released over the past year and also indicate how many prosecutions took place.
Medical Council inspectors will visit doctors wherever they need assurances about the standard of care offered to patients.
Residents of the now-closed Avondale Nursing Home in Kilkenny were without essentials including milk and bread.