What happens at the next inspection?
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For every regulation judged in an inspection report, these figures show what the same home's next report found for it. The figures come from all the HIQA inspection reports ClearCare has loaded.
How results changed at the next inspection
Out of regulations that were checked again
- 6 in 10of Not compliant results were Compliant or Substantially compliant when the next inspection checked again.
- 3 in 4of Compliant results were still Compliant when the next inspection checked again.
Out of results from homes inspected again
- 4 in 10of results were Not checked again at the home's next inspection.
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What each result became at the next inspection
This graph shows what happened to each result at the home's next inspection. Start with what one inspection found, then see what the next inspection found for the same regulation. The darker the box, the more results ended up there.
Compliant· 16,928 results judged
- Compliant26% (4,332)
- Substantially compliant6% (1,011)
- Not compliant2% (406)
- Not checked again39% (6,554)
- No later report yet27% (4,625)
Substantially compliant· 6,649 results judged
- Compliant26% (1,721)
- Substantially compliant24% (1,583)
- Not compliant9% (592)
- Not checked again19% (1,250)
- No later report yet23% (1,503)
Not compliant· 3,282 results judged
- Compliant23% (767)
- Substantially compliant20% (667)
- Not compliant28% (917)
- Not checked again9% (298)
- No later report yet19% (633)
| Judgment | Compliant | Substantially compliant | Not compliant | Not checked again | No later report yet | Results judged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compliant | 26%4,332 | 6%1,011 | 2%406 | 39%6,554 | 27%4,625 | 16,928 |
| Substantially compliant | 26%1,721 | 24%1,583 | 9%592 | 19%1,250 | 23%1,503 | 6,649 |
| Not compliant | 23%767 | 20%667 | 28%917 | 9%298 | 19%633 | 3,282 |
For example, of 3,282 results judged Not compliant, 23% were Compliant at the next inspection. Based on 26,859 results. Not checked again means the home's next inspection report didn't mention that regulation.
How often regulations were checked again
Inspections don't look at every regulation each time. This graph shows how often the next inspection looked at the same regulation again, for each result. It only counts homes that have had another inspection since.
- Compliant47%
- Substantially compliant76%
- Not compliant89%
Based on 20,098 results from homes that have had another inspection.
Where these figures come from
Reports without an inspection date are left out, and so is a report when the home has two reports on the date of its next inspection.
These figures include inspections up to 23 Jul 2026. Download the figures as a spreadsheet (CSV)
The information comes from HIQA inspection reports, reused under the Irish PSI licence (CC BY 4.0).
How much information we have
We can only compare inspections for homes with at least two reports.
- Inspection reports we have1,969
- Homes with two or more reports531
- Reports we could compare with the next one1,435
- Results compared20,098
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Making sense of these figures
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