Chief Executive Recruitment – Lead the Future of Health and Social Care Regulation and Improvement in Northern Ireland
The Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) is seeking an exceptional individual to become its next Chief Executive. RQIA is Northern Ireland’s independent regulator of health and social care...
Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry Report – RQIA statement
The Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) acknowledges the publication of the Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry Report (MAHI) and the serious issues it highlights. RQIA is particularly mindful of...
RQIA Publishes Inspection Reports of Services Registered by the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Presbyterian Council of Social Witness
In Autumn 2025, concerns were raised in the public domain about matters of safeguarding within the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, leading to an ongoing PSNI investigation into those issues....
RQIA publishes Report of Inspection of the Emergency General Surgery (EGS) Pathways in the Western Trust, following the temporary suspension of services at SWAH
RQIA publishes Report of Inspection of the Emergency General Surgery (EGS) Pathways in the Western Trust, following the temporary suspension of services at South West Acute Hospital Following the...
RQIA publishes an independent follow-up report “A Whole-System Approach”, following Review conducted in 2024, “Working Collaboratively to Reduce Harm”
RQIA has published an independent follow-up report “A Whole-System Approach”, reviewing progress against the recommendations made in its 2024 Review, “Working Collaboratively to Reduce Harm”, which was carried out...
RQIA Publishes Investigation into Commissioning Arrangements for Residential Learning Disability Services in the South Eastern and the Belfast Trusts
The Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) has today published an investigation into the commissioning arrangements for residential care learning disability services. The investigation was undertaken in the South...