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HSE has 'significant concerns' over 10 nursing homes

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The Health Service Executive has "very significant concerns" about ten nursing homes. The HSE has taken over the management of one nursing home in north Kerry after what a judge said was "a serious risk to life and welfare of persons in the centre".

The Health Information and Quality Authority secured a court order to take control of the Oaklands Nursing Home in Listowel after inspectors found "a centre in chaos".

HSE Chief Operations Officer Anne O'Connor said she is aware that there have been six deaths of people who had tested positive for Covid-19 within the facility.

Speaking on RTÉ's News at One, she said the HSE had been "working closely" with Oaklands Nursing Home over the last number of weeks.

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