COVID-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel Report: Implementation Oversight Team
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 27 August 2020
- Last updated on: 5 November 2024
- Purpose
- Terms of Reference
- Progress Reports
- Minutes of Meetings
- COVID-19 Response: Nursing Homes, Overview of Roles of Key Stakeholders
- Information Campaign Targeting Persons in Charge
- Final Report
Purpose
Following the publication of the COVID-19 Nursing Home Expert Panel Report, an inter-agency Implementation Oversight Team was established by the Minister for Health to oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the report.
The purpose of the Implementation Oversight Team is to determine an approach to and oversee the implementation of the relevant COVID-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel recommendations, and report regularly to the Minister for Health and the Minister for Mental Health and Older People. The Implementation Oversight Team is chaired by the Department of Health.
Terms of Reference
Progress Reports
2024 Implementation Progress Update
Recommendations have been broken down into two distinct categories, Covid Specific Actions and Reforms in Progress.
- Reforms in Progress – system reform recommendations concerned with the broader reform of nursing home care and older persons care.
- COVID Specific Actions – recommendations focused on pandemic management.
Recommendations have been classified as either ‘complete’ or ‘work in progress’. Another category has been added where the outcome of these recommendations is contingent on outcomes from the Commission on Care.
2023 Implementation Progress Update
Recommendations have been broken down into two distinct categories, Covid Specific Actions and Reforms in Progress.
- Reforms in Progress – system reform recommendations concerned with the broader reform of nursing home care and older persons care.
- COVID Specific Actions – recommendations focused on pandemic management.
Recommendations have been classified as either ‘complete’ or ‘work in progress’. Another category has been added where the outcome of these recommendations is contingent on outcomes from the Commission on Care.
Fourth Progress Report
Third Progress Report
Second Progress Report
First Progress Report
Minutes of Meetings
April 2022
November 2021
October 2021
September 2021
July 2021
June 2021
April 2021
March 2021
February 2021
January 2021
December 2020
November 2020
October 2020
September 2020
August 2020
COVID-19 Response: Nursing Homes, Overview of Roles of Key Stakeholders
Recommendation 14.1 of the COVID-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel report recommended the development of a clear document outlining the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders in the ongoing response to COVID-19 in nursing homes, including a clear overview of the roles and responsibilities of the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), the Department of Health, HSE, HIQA, and individual providers.
The document below, COVID-19 Response: Nursing Homes, Overview of Roles of Key Stakeholders has been developed by the Department in consultation with relevant agencies, the Implementation Oversight Team and the Reference Group established to support the implementation of the Expert Panel’s recommendations. The document outlines the roles and responsibilities of the NPHET, Department of Health, HSE, HIQA, NTPF, and individual nursing homes providers and gives a clear overview of the measures that have been put in place to help reduce the impact of COVID-19 in nursing homes, as well detailing the existing functions of stakeholders in the provision of nursing home care.
COVID-19 Response: Nursing Homes, Overview of Roles of Key Stakeholders provides a valuable background to the current COVID-19 response in nursing homes, and ensures that the roles of each of the stakeholders in providing safe long-term residential care in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic are clearly described. As well as outlining the legal role and functions of the various stakeholders the document also outlines and provides detail on the enhanced support and other measures developed by agencies throughout the pandemic to support nursing homes and their residents to manage the challenges of COVID-19.
It is intended that this will be a living document and will be updated periodically, where the need arises, as the response to COVID-19 and the implementation of the Expert Panel’s recommendations evolves.