Galway’s newest public nursing home has been praised by independent assessors following its inaugural inspection. The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) found St Brendan’s Community...
Foster care services in Galway and Roscommon are not adequately staffed, which is having a negative impact on vulnerable children, according to new report. HIQA (Health...
A large amount of bird droppings discovered at a medical ward in Portiuncula suggests there is a serious pest control issue at the Ballinasloe hospital. During...
Only half of all local ambulances dispatched to a life-threatening 999 call are meeting national response time standards of less than 19 minutes. The revelation that...
A nursing home in Connemara has been ordered to instigate a series of changes after inspectors identified several shortcomings, including some relating to inadequate staffing levels...
A second public relations company was engaged by the local health service to advise about the media fallout from the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar. The...
Children in Galway at risk of harm are not getting proper child protection and welfare services because of cutbacks to frontline resources such as social workers....
Staff shortages, the non-recording of patients’ complaints and inadequate fire precautions are among the concerns highlighted at a Galway hospital following an inspection of a residential...
