The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has found failings in healthcare provision and risk management at a ...

During the September inspection, residents at Drominín nursing home in Stradbally were reportedly left unsupervised near a large open window, remained in communal areas 'until the early hours of the ...

A Co Laois Nursing home put residents at significant risk of harm by not consistently catering to the dietary needs of those who were at risk of choking or had impaired swallowing, according to the ...

A new report from the Health Information and Quality Authority says it found evidence of “improved compliance in many aspects ...

HIQA has launched a public consultation on its draft health technology assessment of immunisation against the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). RSV is a common viral infection that affects the lungs ...

Incident report forms kept by the centre also found that a keypad prevented staff from quickly exiting a resident’s living ...

AN “ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR” led to admissions at a Co Laois nursing home at the centre of an RTÉ investigates programme continuing for eight days despite the nursing homes regulator putting a stop to ...

The Hiqa public consultation can be accessed on their website from today until March 5 this year ...

The deaths of an expectant mother and three babies were among 24 adverse events referred to the State’s health watchdog under new hospital reporting rules. In its latest annual Overview Report of ...

The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) has published its annual overview report detailing its findings in children’s social services. The Overview Report on the monitoring and regulation ...