News

14 Jun 2021
HIW’s ‘Making a Difference’ 2018-2021 Strategy – A review into our progress

March 2021 marked the end of Healthcare Inspectorates Wales’ (HIW) three-year strategy, ‘Making a Difference’.

27 May 2021
Safe and efficient arrangements in place for mass vaccinations, delivered by dedicated, hard-working staff

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) has today [27 May] published a summary of the findings from inspections of mass vaccination centres across Wales.

18 May 2021
Health Board makes good progress to address recommendations despite the pandemic, says joint report.

We have published our joint review with Audit Wales of Cwm Taf University Health Board following recommendations made in November 2019

23 Apr 2021
Routine onsite assurance work to resume

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales to increase routine onsite assurance work from 26th April.

8 Apr 2021
HIW’s Strategy and Operational Plan 2021-2022

We have published our strategy and operational plan for 2021-2022.

24 Mar 2021
National report on the use of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) in Wales published

Jointly with Care Inspectorate Wales, we published the annual monitoring report on the use of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) in Wales.

8 Mar 2021
Speaking up to keep people safe

Gillian Baranski, Chief Inspector, Care Inspectorate Wales and Alun Jones, Interim Chief Executive, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales are calling on all staff working in health and social care in Wales to "speak up" about the excellent care that is being provided, but also about care that does not meet the required standard.

1 Mar 2021
COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Centres

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales is due to undertake assurance work to consider health board arrangements for delivering the COVID-19 vaccination strategy.

26 Feb 2021
Routine NHS assurance work resumes

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales has resumed routine work associated with our adapted quality check and inspection activity in the NHS.

20 Jan 2021
Quality Insight bulletin – COVID-19

Our Quality Insight Bulletin, a new product for Healthcare Inspectorate Wales, draws together the positive themes, good practice and emerging risks we’ve found from our Quality Checks and other work during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic.