Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Liam Quaide - PQ 35345-26
Deputy Quaide asked about the number of persons that were discharged from acute hospitals to nursing homes in the past 5 years. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and Public Affairs
Published: May 2026
Updated: September 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that were discharged from acute hospitals to nursing homes in each of the past five years where the person did not consent, objected to the placement, or where there was doubt as to consent; and if she will provide a breakdown by hospital group and community healthcare organisation.
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