HIQA publishes Annual Report

HIQA publishes Annual Report

Portumna Retirement Village acknowledges the publication on 3rd July of HIQA’s Annual overview report on the regulation of designated centres for older people – 2014. The report illustrates the nursing home sector – public, private and voluntary – is subject to robust, independent regulation and inspection, with 558 inspections undertaken by the Authority in 2014 – the majority of them being unannounced. It is important to note this report focusses on areas requiring improvement. The report states that good practice within nursing homes is reflected within individual inspection reports that are published on the Authority’s website.