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Thu 07 Jul 2009Leas Cross care 'fell below standard'
The inquiry into the Leas Cross nursing home in Swords, Co Dublin has said it has not found evidence of a "sustained pattern of inadequate care" but said standards of care "fell below acceptable levels" for a period of nearly two years.
Minister for Health Mary Harney today published the report of the inquiry into the treatment of residents at the home. Leas Cross closed in August 2005 following an undercover RTÉ television Prime Time Investigates programme, which raised concerns over the treatment of people living there.
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