Draft National Standards for Children’s Residential Centres
A national public consultation on the draft National Standards for Children’s Residential Centres was carried out during a six-week period from September until November 2017.
Safeguarding
Message from the CEO
High-quality health and social care depends on routinely having good access to high-quality and timely information on which to base decisions. Our health information and health technology assessment teams are helping to lay strong foundations for building a culture of informed decision-making in our health and social services.
Focus on safeguarding in nursing homes
Nursing homes must ensure that all their staff and volunteers have undergone Garda Síochána (police) vetting and that staff have received training in protecting vulnerable people from abuse.
‘Safeguarding — everyone’s responsibility’
HIQA CEO Phelim Quinn recently spoke on the concept of responsibility at the National Federation of Voluntary Bodies’ national conference on safeguarding vulnerable people.