national/themed report

Annual Report 2012

Date of publication: 
Thursday, May 9, 2013

This report provides a timely overview of the work undertaken by the Authority during 2012.

Annual Report 2011

Date of publication: 
Thursday, May 24, 2012

This report provides a timely overview of the work undertaken during 2011.

Report published on Health Service Executive foster care services

Date of publication: 
Friday, June 10, 2011

The Authority has published a follow-up report on recommendations it has previously made for Health Service Executive foster care services. It found that many recommendations are outstanding and should be implemented without delay.

Annual report 2010

Date of publication: 
Friday, May 27, 2011

This is our fourth Annual Report and provides a timely overview of the work undertaken during 2010 and the context in which this work was done. It provides an insight into the impact this work has had on improving the quality and safety in Ireland’s health and social services that benefits patients and people.

Inspections of Thirteen Children’s Residential Centres in the Health Service Executive South Western Area

Date of publication: 
Thursday, June 15, 2006

This report provides a summary of findings of a cluster inspection of children’s residential centres run by the Health Service Executive South Western Area (parts of south Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare). The inspections took place between September 2005 and January 2006.

National Overview Follow-Up inspection report of Special Care Services provided by the Health Service Executive, report 595

Date of publication: 
Monday, April 4, 2011

Ballydowd Special Care Unit – a mixed gender unit in HSE Dublin Mid-Leinster
Coovagh House Special Care Unit – a mixed gender unit in the HSE West
Gleann Alainn Special Care Unit – a female only unit in the HSE South.

Children and Young People's Experiences of Health Information and Quality Authority Inspections

Date of publication: 
Tuesday, July 6, 2010

The Irish Association of Young People in Care (IAYPIC) carried out 10 consultation focus group events as requested by the Health Information and Quality Authority. The consultation process was facilitated by the Aftercare Support Network Coordinator and a Children’s Rights and Participation Officer in IAYPIC, and took place throughout December 2009.

National Overview Report of Special Care Services Provided by the Health Service Executive: December 2010

Date of publication: 
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

This report provides a national overview of the Health Service Executive (HSE) special care services in Ireland. This follows coordinated and simultaneous inspections by the Health Information and Quality Authority (the Authority) of all three Special Care Units in Ireland which form the national special care service.

Catalogue of National Health Information Sources in Ireland

Date of publication: 
Friday, July 30, 2010

A considerable amount of information is collected on a regular basis about our health and social services. This information is used for many important purposes such as informed decision-making, monitoring of diseases, planning of services and policy making.

The placement of children aged 12 and under in residential care in Ireland

Date of publication: 
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

This report concerns the findings of a national inspection of the placement of children aged 12 years and under in statutory and non-statutory residential care. The inspection was carried out by the Social Services Inspectorate (SSI)1 between October 2006 and January 2007 against criteria 5.1 – 5.172 of the standard on care planning in the National Standards for Children’s Residential Centres 2001.

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