Memorandum of Understanding signed between HIQA and the NMBI
HIQA and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on areas of potential cooperation and collaboration.
Disability services
Our CEO addresses MacGill Summer School
Our CEO Phelim Quinn addressed this year’s MacGill Summer School, the first time a CEO of HIQA has spoken at this prestigious event.
HIQA suggests reform measures to Oireachtas Committee
We support a 10-year plan for health policy, and in our submission to the Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Healthcare we are suggesting a number of ways be considered to promote better health and social care decisions, safer services and better care.
New overview report on disability inspections
We have published an annual overview report on the regulation of designated centres for adults and children with disabilities.
Focus on fire safety in residential centres
We spoke about fire safety precautions in nursing homes and residential centres for people with disabilities, at a recent conference on ‘Fire Safety in Healthcare Premises’.
Information seminars held for disability centres
During February and March, HIQA arranged regulation information seminars in Cork, Dublin and Galway for providers and persons in charge of residential centres for people with disabilities.
Update on regulation of disability services
During 2015, we continued our focus on registering residential centres for people with disabilities. We also inspected and took regulatory action in response to findings of poor quality services and risks for residents in a number of centres.
Children’s disability residential services
We carried out 78 inspections of designated centres for children with disabilities last year.