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HIV prevention drug PrEP is safe and effective for people at risk, HIQA report finds
Hiqa
Campaigners have been calling for the introduction of PrEP in Ireland for a number of years
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HSE failed to address fire safety risks at Cork nursing home, HIQA report finds
Cork
Inspectors were 'not assured' that all residents could be safely evacuated from Kanturk Community Hospital in a fire
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More than 40% of care homes in Ireland in breach of health regulations
Care homes
HIQA inspectors found providers in 20 centres failed to ensure services were effectively monitored
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51 disability centres across Ireland threatened with closure and thousands of abuse allegations reported in 2017
Hiqa
One complaint alleged the 'sexual and physical abuse' of a resident at one of the centres
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Elderly man left on toilet for hours in Irish nursing home and had to bang on radiator for help
Nursing homes
This shocking incident is just one of 650 complaints reported to the Health Information and Quality Authority
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Over 100 foster carers have not been put through required repeat vetting, Hiqa finds
Hiqa
Hiqa said Garda vetting was not always obtained for other adults living with, or who had unsupervised access to, children
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Portlaoise Hospital intensive care unit STILL unfit for purpose, says HIQA
Irish News
Controversy-hit Portlaoise Hospital also remains unable to cope with all patients needing emergency treatment
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Coombe maternity hospital found to have 'high risks' by HIQA
Hiqa
The 'high risks' were identified during an unannounced visit to the hospital in August of this year
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Three residential autism centres taken over by HSE watchdog after 'serious failings'
Autism
The Irish Society for Autism was running the facilities until recently
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Health watchdog HIQA suspends hospital inspection after finding patients on trolleys beside coffee dock
HSE
Five patients at South Tipperary General were left on trollies in a "thoroughfare" close to the coffee dock
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More than 450 children in care left without social worker, figures reveal
Tusla
As many as one in five children in some counties had no allocated social worker
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Savita Halappanavar's widower 'receives huge out-of-court settlement' in medical negligence case against the HSE
Savita Halappanavar
Praveen Halappanavar is understood to have received a huge financial settlement after settling his negligence case with the HSE
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Elderly mum who looks after disabled daughter 'shattered' after regular respite care axed
HSE
Mary McDonnell, 78, cares for daughter Sinead who has a severe form of Cerebral Palsy called spastic quadriplegia, scoliosis [a curved spine] and has had a dislocated hip since her teens
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Ireland's National Maternity Hospital dirty and overcrowded damning report finds
Hiqa
Health watchdog's damning report finds the National Maternity Hospital to be dirty and overcrowded, posing contamination risks to vulnerable children
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Disability home closed down after health report as residents not dressed properly and sent to bed early due to staff levels
Hiqa
Inspectors had very serious concerns about the safety of residents
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Hiqa report outlines 'serious risks' to patients at Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, Co Louth
Hiqa
Issues found included the presence of legionella bacteria and dusty wards
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Children in care forced to urinate on floor and locked in room for long periods, damning HIQA report finds
Hiqa
Investigation into Ballydowd Special Care Unit uncovered the findings - inspectors exposed staff for refusing to let children out of isolation to use bathroom
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Recap: Children 'forced to urinate on floor' in Ballydowd Special Care Unit - updates as they happened
Ballydowd Special Care Unit
An investigation into the Special Care Unit in Lucan, Dublin, found staff refused to let children out of isolation to use bathroom
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Cardiac arrest girl, 14, in treatment delay after being diverted to second hospital
HSE
The 14-year-old, now wheelchair-bound, was only minutes away from Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan but was instead taken to Drogheda
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Gardai claim child abuse investigations were delayed by Tusla
An Garda Siochana
A HIQA inspection of services in North Dublin in February found welfare agency Tusla passed on 828 notifications of suspected or confirmed attacks to officers in the 12 months prior to its report
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Portlaoise Hospital to stop complex surgery procedures and reduce emergency department hours
HSE
The move follows a damning report by Hiqa into services at the hospital
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Direct provision: Safety fears for over 200 refugee children housed by the State
Hiqa
A Hiqa report found there were worries about 14% of the roughly 1,600 youngsters and highlighted a number of cases around the lack of social work follow-ups
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'You’re not allowed to be seen, you have to go out the back door with your baby'
Hiqa
Roisin and Mark Molloy have campaigned for answers from the HSE since their “healthy” newborn died in 2012
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Portlaoise Hospital: Shock report claims dead baby was squeezed into metal box and given to parents
Hiqa
In one case the box was not big enough and the dead baby boy was squeezed in, the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) revealed
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