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18 Dec 2024

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.

16 Dec 2024

Information about our opening hours over the Christmas and New Year period and how you can contact us

11 Dec 2024

Following a recent criminal investigation, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) has invoked its legal powers due to a breach of the Care Standards Act 2000.

5 Dec 2024

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) has published a report following an unannounced inspection of a mental health ward at Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli. The Bryngolau Ward run by Hywel Dda University Health Board provides specialist mental health care and services for older adults.

21 Nov 2024

A new joint report published today by the health, care, and education inspectorates in Wales highlights the need for improvements in mental health support for children and young people.

24 Oct 2024

We want to ensure healthcare services reflect on our inspection and assurance work and measure their own services against these findings to drive forward service improvement. We hope the findings of good practice illustrated within this case study below can be transferred between organisations, and across the wider health service to support system improvements.

23 Oct 2024

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) has issued a report (23 October 2024) following a three-day inspection at Hafan y Coed, a mental health unit at the University Hospital Llandough, run by Cardiff and the Vale University Health Board.

17 Oct 2024

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) has today published its Annual Report for 2023-2024, highlighting key findings from the regulation, inspection, and review of healthcare services across Wales. The report provides insight into the quality of care delivered to the people of Wales, and outlines areas where improvements are needed to ensure services remain safe, effective, and patient-centred.

4 Oct 2024

Ever wondered what it's like to be a Dental peer reviewer with us? Meet our Clinical Dental lead, Ali Jahanfar, as he shares his rewarding experience firsthand!

19 Sep 2024

Along with other inspectorates we jointly reviewed the effectiveness of partnership working and the work of individual agencies in Child Protection across Wales.