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Mixed fortunes for Donegal community hospitals in latest HIQA inspection reports

Two community hospitals in Donegal are among 45 inspection reports on residential centres for older people published by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA. Lifford Community Hospital An unannounced inspection took place at Lifford ...

03 Sept 2021 at 12:02

National News

Substantial evidence of 'non compliance' highlighted in nursing home report

The latest nursing home inspection reports by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) have highlighted inadequate fire safety procedures, staff shortages and poor condition of premises'. Evidence of non-compliance was found in 32 out ...

11 Oct 2021 at 16:30

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Good news for south Donegal patients as HIQA praises Sligo University Hospital

Sligo University Hospital has been praised for good practice in relation to medication safety by Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA). The first inspection reports by HIQA on medication safety in public acute hospitals found that ...

27 Feb 2017 at 17:40

National News

Sinn Féin TD says new HIQA report is a 'wake up call'

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Health David Cullinane has said that the Health Information and Quality Authority's (HIQA) position paper The Need to Reform Ireland’s National Health Information System, published today, is a wake-up call. He ...

26 Oct 2021 at 15:39

Letterkenny/Milford MD

'Immediate' work needed to address staffing at Letterkenny hospital

Immediate action is required to address medical staffing levels at Letterkenny University Hospital. Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) carried out two inspections at the hospital in November. Although the hospital was ...

25 Apr 2023 at 10:57

Local News

Donegal people asked to help make Hepatitis C a rare disease before 2030

The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has commenced a public consultation on a draft Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of offering once-off testing for the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) to people in Ireland born between ...

16 Mar 2021 at 14:45

Local News

HIQA highlights need for regulatory reform of health and social care services

The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) is calling for reform to health and social care regulations. The report summarises HIQA’s experience of regulating social care services over the past 12 years and outlines the ...

15 Feb 2021 at 12:23

Donegal Life

HIQA publishes reports into two Donegal nursing homes

The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has published 2 inspection reports on residential centres for older people in Donegal and has found that improvements are required in a number of areas. The two centres ...

16 Dec 2022 at 12:25

Donegal MD

Health watchdog finds need for further improvements in gynaecology services at Letterkenny University Hospital

Further improvements are needed in the governance and management of gynaecology services at Letterkenny University Hospital to ensure the quality of the services and safety of women, the States’s health watchdog has ...

14 Oct 2021 at 14:29

Donegal MD

HSE confirms measures introduced at Ard Gréine Court

Pearse Doherty, Sinn Féin TD, has welcomed confirmation from the HSE that measures and actions have been introduced at Ard Gréine Court in Stranorlar to address a recent HIQA report that found serious failings in ...

17 Oct 2016 at 13:17

Local News

Mixed findings from HIQA on three Donegal centres for people with disabilities

Inspections by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) at three Donegal centres for people with disability are substantially positive. However, one of the three facilities was found to be non ...

20 Jul 2023 at 13:06

Donegal MD

Minister of State wants review into HSE services for people with disabilities in Donegal

Minister of State with responsibility for disabilities Anne Rabbitte has said she wants an independent review into the Health Service Executive in the north-west after the State’s health watchdog raised ...

15 Feb 2022 at 12:27

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