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Wed 09 Sep 2010Secure unit for teens should shut - watchdog
THE HEALTH Service Executive should cease using its main secure unit for troubled teenagers immediately due to concerns over the safety of children in care, social services inspectors say.
In a report published yesterday by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa), inspectors said Ballydowd in west Dublin was unsuitable, inadequate and unsafe. This follows a damning report in November of last year by the authority strongly criticising care practices at the facility, which it said was “no longer fit for purpose”.
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