HIQA - Delivering for you
Setting Standards in Health & Social Services
Developing the quality and safety standards, based on evidence and best international practice, for health and social care services (except mental health services) in Ireland.
Monitoring Health Care Quality
Monitoring standards of quality and safety in our health services, implementing continuous quality assurance programmes.
Social Services Inspectorate
Registration and inspection of residential homes for children, older people and people with disabilities. Monitoring of foster care services, day and pre-school facilities and inspecting children's detention centres.
Health Technology Assessment
Ensuring the best outcome for the service user by evaluating the clinical and economic effectiveness of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics techniques and health promotion activities.
Health Information
Publishing information on Ireland's health and social care services; advising on the collection and sharing of information across the services and on the implementation of information technologies.
We have published our national report into the quality and safety of symptomatic breast disease services in Ireland and eight local hospital reports of the designated centres. The Authority has identified that significant progress has been made in providing high quality and safe services, though improvements are needed to make this sustainable.
The centres have been found to be meeting the key requirements of the National Quality Assurance Standards for Symptomatic Breast Disease Services.
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This represents a major shift in the capability and capacity of the health system to deliver safer and better care for people with symptomatic breast disease, as compared to the position in the autumn of 2007. |
Call for Children's Standards Consultation
The Authority has published the Draft National Quality Standards for Residential and Foster Care Services for Children and Young People. We are inviting feedback from the public, children and young people themselves and interested parties. The deadline for receipt of submissions is 31 March 2010.
Nursing home Inspection reports
- All inspection reports
- Advice line: 021 240 9660
- Information for residents and families
- Information for nursing homes