AQW 38829/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safe how his Department communicate with The Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority to ensure correct staffing ratios in private care homes.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 14 November 2014
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 14 November 2014
- Answer due by
- 1 December 2014
- Answered
- 1 December 201417 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My Department has published minimum care standards for residential and nursing homes, which include a requirement to have sufficient staff on duty at all times to meet the assessed needs of residents.
The Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority inspect care homes in both the statutory and private sectors against the minimum care standards.
Where RQIA identify any facility which is not compliant with any aspect of the minimum standards, they can issue a Failure to Comply Notice in respect of individual standards. My Department is provided with a copy of these notices.