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Wednesday 2 December 2020
HIQA has raised concerns with unsatisfactory measures in place to prevent the spread of infections.
Food production for the hospital has been moved to Merlin Park University Hospital.
The Jonathan Swift Clinic in Dublin was criticised by the Mental Health Commission.
The Pacific Nations Cup clash was played in tough conditions.
Commissioner Drew Harris last month confirmed a new anti-corruption unit will be up and running by the end of the year.
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.
Hiqa inspected St Ita’s Community Hospital last summer.
A garda explained to him that the inspector was doing his job but Xu said he did not care.
Hiqa inspected the Silvergrove Nursing Home in January.
The inspection at Cherry Orchard Hospital took place in November last year.
The centre provides care for the sick and aged population in Dublin.
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.
14 incidents of potential abuse have been identified at Stewarts Care in Dublin.
The centre provides long-term residential care to children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
A report found that improvements followed the appointment of an interim centre manager.
A report on this centre in Limerick is one of 22 Hiqa inspections that were published today.
This could take a while.
No further admissions will be made to the Tusla centre until these issues are fixed.
One of the dogs was missing all but two of his teeth.
Hiqa inspected Ashington Centre, Dublin 7 after reports of physical and verbal abuse of residents.
HIQA inspection found that the centre has been going through a period of crisis for a long period of time.
The facility failed to meet nine out of 10 standards in a recent HIQA inspection.
Housing charity Threshold said some tenants are now “afraid” to complain about sub-standard accommodation.
A report also found there were 74 reported incidents of abusive behaviour or assaults in an eight month period.
The unannounced inspection of Oberstown also found issues with care planning, mediation management and training.
Files for the patients showed no record of a capacity to make a decision on engaging in a sexual relationship.
The Richmond House care home in Monkstown, south Dublin, was found to be negligent in several ways following a HIQA inspection in June.
Hiqa has warned the centre containing the home could face closure.
Technical experts in France began examining the plane part today.
Residents had little privacy, and had to be helped long distances to access wheelchair-accessible toilets.
Berkeley Police Department has said no criminal investigation is being carried out.
In one instance, residents were locked in a unit while a nurse went to another to administer medicines.
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Hiqa has called for an urgent review of staffing levels at Cregg House in Sligo following concerns raised in three new reports.
Mullinahinch House nursing home had failed to rectify old problems and had accumulated a host of new ones, according to inspectors.
More staff and new lanes are also coming on stream.
The operators of the centre have committed to a range of reforms.
Part of the report found conditions at the home to be “a significant denial of residents’ civil, legal and human rights.”
THE SHOPS ARE back, festive music is playing and the weather is going to get absolutely Baltic this week. Even though it’s been a strange year, you’d know Christmas is on the way.
But although it’s a time for giving and the shops are open again, the usual scenes of charity fundraisers on the streets will likely be less frequent due to public health concerns.
Many people make a point of putting some money, food or other items away to make a donation to a particular cause around this time of year, and will likely have to go a bit out of their way to do so in 2020.
Are you one of those people? This morning we want to know: Will you be giving to charity this Christmas?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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