is “a disgrace” when it comes to ensuring at-risk people are properly protected against abuse, said Ms Rickard Clarke. “We don’t have safeguarding legislation in place, as many of our European neighbours have. It’s a big black hole, with no assessment of risk or needs, and no obligation to provide services.”An adult safeguarding Bill, which proposed the creation of an independent national safeguarding authority, was introduced in the Seanad in 2017 but it has failed to progress.
Standardised procedures for screening and protecting vulnerable adults at risk of abuse were put in place in 2014. The procedures cover older people and people with disabilities within HSE and HSE-funded services. Meanwhile, a new survey has found that about one-quarter of patients attending hospital emergency departments are being admitted promptly.Just 29 per cent of patients were admitted to a ward within the HSE’s target waiting time of six hours, according to the 2021 National Inpatient Experience Survey by Hiqa .
Patients also gave very high ratings of cleanliness, pain management and confidence and trust in hospital staff.
Why is the Irish Times still stereotyping us 65+ with this picture ? Piss off Irish Times and stop being such hyppcrites...