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RQIA COVID-19 Support - Care Homes

The RQIA Web Portal has now been enabled to allow Nursing and Residential Care Homes to update HSC organisations about information pertaining to Covid-19 in a streamlined and timely way.

The RQIA portal can be accessed by authorised users here: https://portal.rqia.org.uk/

To enable care services to maintain safe care and service delivery during the current surge, RQIA has established its Guidance Team.  This team will have a primary focus on providing guidance to these services.  This team will continue to receive feedback and concerns from staff members, service users/patients and members of the general public. 

RQIA’s Guidance Team is available fives days a week (Mon-Fri) from 9.00am to 4.00pm. You can contact our team on 028 9536 1990. 

For the latest information on Covid-19 testing in care homes, visit the Public Health Agency website at the following link:

https://www.publichealth.hscni.net/covid-19-coronavirus/testing-and-tracing-covid-19/testing-covid-19/regular-testing-care-home


RQIA COVID-19 Support - Domiciliary Care Agencies

To enable care services to maintain safe care and service delivery during the current surge, RQIA has established its Guidance Team.  This team will have a primary focus on providing guidance to these services.  This team will continue to receive feedback and concerns from staff members, service users/patients and members of the general public. 

RQIA’s Guidance Team is available five days a week (Mon-Fri) from 9.00am to 4.00pm. You can contact our team on 028 9536 1990. 


Private Dental Practices

Dental practices can access a copy of the latest guidance relating to the preparation for the re-establishment of the GDS here.

Other Links/Guidance

The Department of Health and the Public Health Agency have published guidance and advice on their websites.  RQIA is encouraging all providers to visit these websites regularly for the latest information about Coronavirus.