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Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) and Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) have published their annual monitoring report on how the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards are being used in Wales.

We have published our Mental Health Monitoring Annual Report 2023-24, which outlines our assurance activities and findings for mental health and learning disability services. Monitoring of the Mental Health Act 1983 is a statutory responsibility delegated to HIW since 1 April 2009 by Welsh Ministers at which point responsibility for monitoring the functions of the Act was transferred from the Mental Health Act Commission. The report examines the standard of care within NHS and independent settings across Wales from April 2023 to March 2024.

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) carried out an unannounced inspection of the Emergency Department (ED) at The Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran, run by Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. The two-day inspection in October 2024 identified ongoing systemic challenges affecting the consistent delivery of safe care, but also noted positive progress since the department’s previous inspection in 2022.

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) has issued a report following two inspections of the mental health services being provided at Heatherwood Court in Pontypridd, managed by the Iris Care Group.

National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has published its 15th annual report of the United Kingdom’s National Preventive Mechanism 2023/24, to which Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) is a designated body of this organisation.