
"Cabinet proposing to extend authority's scope even further The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) will be given powers to investigate serious patient safety incidents in public nursing homes under plans going to Cabinet this week. Proposals being brought by Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and junior minister Kieran O'Donnell will seek government approval to amend the Patient Safety Act 2023 to cover public nursing homes under existing powers exercised by Hiqa."
"The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) will be given powers to investigate serious patient safety incidents in public nursing homes under plans going to Cabinet this week. Proposals being brought by Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and junior minister Kieran O'Donnell will seek government approval to amend the Patient Safety Act 2023 to cover public nursing homes under existing powers exercised by Hiqa."
Cabinet will consider a proposal to amend the Patient Safety Act 2023 to extend the Health Information and Quality Authority’s (Hiqa) investigative remit to public nursing homes. The amendment would enable Hiqa to investigate serious patient safety incidents occurring in public long-term care facilities. Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and junior minister Kieran O'Donnell are bringing the proposals to seek government approval. The change would place public nursing homes under the same existing powers Hiqa already exercises, increasing regulatory oversight and formalising the authority’s role in reviewing and responding to significant safety events in public residential eldercare.
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