AQW 29377/11-15

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 11/12/2013
Answered On Date: 18/12/2013
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (i) how many nursing home inspectors are employed by the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA); (ii) how many nursing homes are on the RQIA’s register; and (iii) how many people currently reside in those nursing homes.

Answer:

RQIA employs a team of 9 nursing home inspectors. In addition RQIA employ a number of estates, pharmacy and financial inspectors who may also play a role in the inspection of nursing homes.

There are currently 269 nursing homes in Northern Ireland registered with the RQIA.

There are 10,965 nursing bed spaces within these nursing homes. Whilst RQIA records the number of patients accommodated within an individual home on the day of inspection, it does not maintain a day by day occupancy figure across the whole sector .