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Thursday 26 November 2020
Studies cited by Ireland’s health watchdog indicate that antibodies that respond to Covid-19 last between 2-6 months.
HIQA has raised concerns with unsatisfactory measures in place to prevent the spread of infections.
A report from May – just a week after an outbreak at the nursing home – highlighted some areas of non-compliance at the centre.
The introduction of rapid testing could be effective in Ireland in future, but we need to see its “real-world performance” here first, Hiqa said.
Residents and staff who tested positive are now isolating.
Concerns had been raised that nursing homes in Dublin were suspending window visits.
An expert warned that the huge issue will have implications for the grieving process.
People with a confirmed case are to self-isolate for 10 days now, down from 14.
Hiqa was criticised for its “very late” issuance of guidance to nursing homes at the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid Response today.
The majority of these events related to CT scans and involved relatively low dosses of radiation.
The watchdog has reviewed how other countries are managing the virus in schools.
The review found detection rates are low due to cases that do not present with a fever and those who are infectious before showing symptoms.
Part three of Noteworthy’s investigation reveals no legal requirements for training or registration in carer sector.
One nursing home had left bedroom doors open for residents that had tested positive for Covid-19.
Leo Varadkar said the findings are “interesting but not a surprise” because of how deaths related to the virus are counted.
Dr Holohan said health officials are ‘very sensitive’ to the issue and aware of the impact on the mental health of residents.
Many complainants raised concerns about social distancing and infection control measures in homes as the virus spread.
The Health Information and Quality Authority has published findings about the spread of coronavirus.
On-site inspections to see how prepared nursing homes are for an outbreak will begin next week.
The Health Information and Quality Authority identified a number of areas for improvement to ensure that maternity services remain safe.
All staff who spoke with inspectors said residents and children were not safe in this centre.
St John of God Glasthule centre was found to be not compliant with 10 of the 19 regulations inspected.
The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
The challenge has been brought by JCP Powdermill Care Centre Ltd.
This Bill would make it mandatory for the health service provider to put forward information on incidents of patient safety.
Back in 2014, then director general Tony O’Brien said it was time to look at these sorts of measures to protect vulnerable clients.
At the time of the inspection, 22% of children did not have an allocated social worker.
Anyone who uses the pens are being told to return them to pharmacies.
The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
Health watchdog found that HSE-run care homes were breaching Garda-vetting rules.
Neglect and sexual abuse were among the suspected crimes that Tusla was slow to report.
Hiqa inspected Damien House in Co Tipperary on 16 April.
A new report reveals that a number of hospitals failed to properly protect patients from the CPE superbug.
A draft report on the introduction of the programme was published today.
Hiqa published an overview of the inspection and monitoring activity of eight care centres.
HIQA inspected the facility following the outbreaks in July and October last year.
Hiqa’s inspectors reviewed 26 files and found that in 19 of them allegations had not been appropriately notified to gardaí by social workers.
Some children were concerned about where they would live when they left the centre.
The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
THE GREYHOUND RACING industry has been put in the spotlight again this week, the Social Democrats put forward a motion proposing to end State funding of the sector.
Writing for TheJournal.ie this week, TD Holly Cairns explained that greyhound racing in Ireland will receive €19.2m in public funding next year – an increase of €2.4m on 2020.
Last year, an RTÉ investigation claimed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
But advocates for the sector have claimed it supports thousands of jobs and that annual Government funding represents an economic investment.
So, today we’re asking: Should the Government stop funding greyhound racing?
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