Public (HSE)

Skibbereen Community Hospital

Coolnagarrane, Skibbereen, P81 PY82

Call 028 21677

Fair Deal weekly price

€1,735

HSE cost of care, from 1 September 2026

Registered beds

HIQA maximum occupancy

Registered until

26 June 2027

Current registration since 27 June 2024

Inspection score

93/ 100

Strong inspection record

Steady

Ranked 16 of 69 scored homes in Co. Cork · 3 of 7 within 25 km

Leadership and management96

Quality and safety of care91

What went into the score

13 March 2026 · counts 50%13 of 16 compliant · 93
26 June 2025 · counts 30%12 of 16 compliant · 91
26 October 2023 · counts 20%17 of 20 compliant · 95

Fair Deal price is 33% above the Co. Cork median of €1,305 a week.

How we calculate this score

Every regulation HIQA judged on an inspection earns points: Compliant 100, Substantially compliant 65, Not compliant 25.
Where the compliance plan rates the risk of a failing regulation, orange (moderate risk) takes off 15 more points and red (high risk) takes off 40. Yellow (low risk) takes off nothing.
An inspection's score is the average over the regulations it looked at.
A home's score combines its last 3 inspections: the newest counts for 50%, the one before for 30% and the one before that for 20%. With fewer inspections the weights are scaled up to 100%.
The trend compares the newest inspection's score with the average of the earlier ones: 5 points or more higher is improving, 5 or more lower is declining, anything else is stable.
Homes are ranked by score within their county and among scored homes within 25 km. Homes with the same score share a rank.

Method v1. It uses only HIQA's published judgments, not our opinion, and is recalculated whenever a new report is published.

What the latest inspection found

Skibbereen Community Hospital is a well-managed nursing home with kind and attentive staff. Residents generally feel safe and happy, enjoying a variety of activities and good quality food. The home has a mix of single and shared rooms, with communal areas and a new hair salon for residents. Some concerns include storage issues and increased use of bedrails without clear alternatives being tried.

Long-term care
Respite
Palliative care

What inspectors liked

Staff are kind and provide person-centred care, with residents describing them as mighty and lucky to have them.
Good access to medical and allied health services, including a GP on site four days a week.
A variety of activities are available, including chair exercises and sing-alongs with musicians, and residents can choose to participate or spend time alone with staff support.
The dining experience is sociable with multiple meal choices and positive feedback on food quality and temperature.
The home has a clear management structure and ongoing quality improvement efforts, including regular audits and resident involvement.

What needed to improve

Storage is inadequate, with equipment stored in a family room and bathroom, limiting residents' use of these spaces.
The use of bedrails has increased, with over 25% of residents using two bedrails, and reassessments do not show trials of less restrictive alternatives.
Some televisions in multi-occupancy rooms are positioned too far from some beds, making viewing difficult for some residents.
The provider had not fully complied with a condition to submit management information by the required date, though some information was submitted shortly before inspection.

What residents said

“Staff were mighty altogether”
“I am lucky to have them”

Staffing: Staffing levels and skill mix were appropriate for the 39 residents, with a full-time person in charge supported by a clinical nurse manager and a team including nursing, healthcare, household, catering, and administrative staff. Staff receive regular training including safeguarding, fire safety, and responsive behaviour management.
Activities: A full-time activity coordinator leads activities such as chair exercises and sing-alongs with musicians. Residents can choose to participate or spend time alone, with staff visiting those who prefer solitude for daily chats.
Food: Meals offer choice with three options at lunch and two at dinner. Residents praised the quality, temperature, and variety of food, including home-baked bread and tasty pancakes served in the evening.

Summarised by AI from the HIQA report of 13 March 2026. Check the report for the full picture.Source report (PDF)

Inspection history

HIQA judges each regulation as Compliant Substantially compliant Not compliantRisk: Low Moderate High

13 March 2026
Unannounced inspection · published Jul 2026
13 compliant3 mostly
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Leadership and management
Statement of purposeCompliant
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
RecordsCompliant
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 30 April 2026Mostly
Notification of incidentsCompliant
Complaints procedureCompliant
Applications by registered providers for the variation or removal of conditions of registrationCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planCompliant
Health careCompliant
Managing behaviour that is challengingLow risk · fix by 30 June 2026Mostly
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsCompliant
PremisesLow risk · fix by 30 April 2026Mostly
Fire precautionsCompliant
Medicines and pharmaceutical servicesCompliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
26 June 2025
Unannounced inspection · published Sept 2025
12 compliant4 mostly
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Leadership and management
Persons in chargeCompliant
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 31 December 2025Mostly
Contract for the provision of servicesCompliant
Notification of incidentsCompliant
Complaints procedureCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planLow risk · fix by 30 June 2025Mostly
Health careCompliant
Managing behaviour that is challengingCompliant
Residents' rightsLow risk · fix by 30 June 2025Mostly
VisitsCompliant
End of lifeCompliant
PremisesLow risk · fix by 19 September 2025Mostly
Food and nutritionCompliant
Infection controlCompliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
15 August 2024
Unannounced restrictive practice thematic inspection · published Nov 2024
1 compliant
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A focused inspection of restrictive practices, such as bedrails, locked doors and sensor alarms, judged against HIQA's National Standards rather than the regulations. It isn't counted in the score.
Thematic inspection
Restrictive practices (overall judgment against the National Standards)Compliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
26 October 2023
Unannounced inspection · published Jan 2024
17 compliant3 mostly
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Leadership and management
Statement of purposeLow risk · fix by 27 October 2023Mostly
Written policies and proceduresCompliant
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
Directory of residentsCompliant
RecordsCompliant
Governance and managementCompliant
Contract for the provision of servicesCompliant
Notification of incidentsCompliant
Complaints procedureCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planCompliant
Health careCompliant
Managing behaviour that is challengingCompliant
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsLow risk · fix by 10 November 2023Mostly
VisitsCompliant
PremisesCompliant
Infection controlLow risk · fix by 27 October 2023Mostly
Fire precautionsCompliant
Medicines and pharmaceutical servicesCompliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)

Fair Deal price

This is the most the home can charge a week for residents on the Fair Deal scheme. Under Fair Deal you pay up to 80% of your income and 7.5% of the value of your assets a year, and the State pays the rest. Homes may charge extra for things like activities, hairdressing or newspapers, so ask about these when you call.

List	Published	Weekly price
HSE public homes	1 September 2026	€1,735

Registration conditions

Read the conditions HIQA attached to this registration

Condition 1: Subject to any prohibitions or restrictions contained in any other condition(s), the designated centre shall be operated at all times in accordance with the Statement of Purpose within the footprint of the designated centre on the floor plan received on the 26 February 2026. The registered provider shall only provide for the specific care and support needs, and services, within the facilities as set out the Statement of Purpose, as agreed with the Chief Inspector at the time of registration. Any changes to the specific care and support needs and services provided must be agreed in advance with the Chief Inspector. Condition 2: Only persons aged 18 years or older shall be accommodated at the designated centre at any time. Condition 3: The maximum number of persons that may be accommodated at the designated centre is: 40.

Other homes nearby

Worth phoning too if this home has no bed available.

Skibbereen Residential Care Centre
Private
Skibbereen, Co. Cork· 2.8 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,301 / week
Inspection score
97
Beds
51 beds
Phone
028 23 617
Fairfield Nursing Home
Private
Drimoleague, Co. Cork· 11 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,275 / week
Inspection score
91
Beds
49 beds
Phone
028 31 881
St Joseph's Unit
Public (HSE)
Bantry, Co. Cork· 18 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,498 / week
Inspection score
86
Beds
24 beds
Phone
027 52904
Deerpark Care Home
Private
Bantry, Co. Cork· 19 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,270 / week
Inspection score
82
Beds
50 beds
Phone
027 52 711
St Gabriel's Community Hospital
Public (HSE)
Schull, Co. Cork· 20 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,944 / week
Inspection score
94
Beds
21 beds
Phone
028 28120
Dunmanway Community Hospital
Public (HSE)
Dunmanway, Co. Cork· 22 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,815 / week
Inspection score
70
Beds
23 beds
Phone
023 884 5102

Inspection score

93/ 100

Strong inspection record

Steady

Ranked 16 of 69 scored homes in Co. Cork · 3 of 7 within 25 km

Leadership and management96

Quality and safety of care91

What went into the score

13 March 2026 · counts 50%13 of 16 compliant · 93
26 June 2025 · counts 30%12 of 16 compliant · 91
26 October 2023 · counts 20%17 of 20 compliant · 95

Fair Deal price is 33% above the Co. Cork median of €1,305 a week.

How we calculate this score

Every regulation HIQA judged on an inspection earns points: Compliant 100, Substantially compliant 65, Not compliant 25.
Where the compliance plan rates the risk of a failing regulation, orange (moderate risk) takes off 15 more points and red (high risk) takes off 40. Yellow (low risk) takes off nothing.
An inspection's score is the average over the regulations it looked at.
A home's score combines its last 3 inspections: the newest counts for 50%, the one before for 30% and the one before that for 20%. With fewer inspections the weights are scaled up to 100%.
The trend compares the newest inspection's score with the average of the earlier ones: 5 points or more higher is improving, 5 or more lower is declining, anything else is stable.
Homes are ranked by score within their county and among scored homes within 25 km. Homes with the same score share a rank.

Method v1. It uses only HIQA's published judgments, not our opinion, and is recalculated whenever a new report is published.

What the latest inspection found

Long-term care
Respite
Palliative care

What inspectors liked

Staff are kind and provide person-centred care, with residents describing them as mighty and lucky to have them.
Good access to medical and allied health services, including a GP on site four days a week.
A variety of activities are available, including chair exercises and sing-alongs with musicians, and residents can choose to participate or spend time alone with staff support.
The dining experience is sociable with multiple meal choices and positive feedback on food quality and temperature.
The home has a clear management structure and ongoing quality improvement efforts, including regular audits and resident involvement.

What needed to improve

Storage is inadequate, with equipment stored in a family room and bathroom, limiting residents' use of these spaces.
The use of bedrails has increased, with over 25% of residents using two bedrails, and reassessments do not show trials of less restrictive alternatives.
Some televisions in multi-occupancy rooms are positioned too far from some beds, making viewing difficult for some residents.
The provider had not fully complied with a condition to submit management information by the required date, though some information was submitted shortly before inspection.

What residents said

“Staff were mighty altogether”
“I am lucky to have them”

Staffing: Staffing levels and skill mix were appropriate for the 39 residents, with a full-time person in charge supported by a clinical nurse manager and a team including nursing, healthcare, household, catering, and administrative staff. Staff receive regular training including safeguarding, fire safety, and responsive behaviour management.
Activities: A full-time activity coordinator leads activities such as chair exercises and sing-alongs with musicians. Residents can choose to participate or spend time alone, with staff visiting those who prefer solitude for daily chats.
Food: Meals offer choice with three options at lunch and two at dinner. Residents praised the quality, temperature, and variety of food, including home-baked bread and tasty pancakes served in the evening.

Summarised by AI from the HIQA report of 13 March 2026. Check the report for the full picture.Source report (PDF)

Inspection history

HIQA judges each regulation as Compliant Substantially compliant Not compliantRisk: Low Moderate High

13 March 2026
Unannounced inspection · published Jul 2026
13 compliant3 mostly
ShowHide
Leadership and management
Statement of purposeCompliant
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
RecordsCompliant
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 30 April 2026Mostly
Notification of incidentsCompliant
Complaints procedureCompliant
Applications by registered providers for the variation or removal of conditions of registrationCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planCompliant
Health careCompliant
Managing behaviour that is challengingLow risk · fix by 30 June 2026Mostly
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsCompliant
PremisesLow risk · fix by 30 April 2026Mostly
Fire precautionsCompliant
Medicines and pharmaceutical servicesCompliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
26 June 2025
Unannounced inspection · published Sept 2025
12 compliant4 mostly
ShowHide
Leadership and management
Persons in chargeCompliant
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
Governance and managementLow risk · fix by 31 December 2025Mostly
Contract for the provision of servicesCompliant
Notification of incidentsCompliant
Complaints procedureCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planLow risk · fix by 30 June 2025Mostly
Health careCompliant
Managing behaviour that is challengingCompliant
Residents' rightsLow risk · fix by 30 June 2025Mostly
VisitsCompliant
End of lifeCompliant
PremisesLow risk · fix by 19 September 2025Mostly
Food and nutritionCompliant
Infection controlCompliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
15 August 2024
Unannounced restrictive practice thematic inspection · published Nov 2024
1 compliant
ShowHide
A focused inspection of restrictive practices, such as bedrails, locked doors and sensor alarms, judged against HIQA's National Standards rather than the regulations. It isn't counted in the score.
Thematic inspection
Restrictive practices (overall judgment against the National Standards)Compliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
26 October 2023
Unannounced inspection · published Jan 2024
17 compliant3 mostly
ShowHide
Leadership and management
Statement of purposeLow risk · fix by 27 October 2023Mostly
Written policies and proceduresCompliant
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
Directory of residentsCompliant
RecordsCompliant
Governance and managementCompliant
Contract for the provision of servicesCompliant
Notification of incidentsCompliant
Complaints procedureCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planCompliant
Health careCompliant
Managing behaviour that is challengingCompliant
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsLow risk · fix by 10 November 2023Mostly
VisitsCompliant
PremisesCompliant
Infection controlLow risk · fix by 27 October 2023Mostly
Fire precautionsCompliant
Medicines and pharmaceutical servicesCompliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)

Fair Deal price

List	Published	Weekly price
HSE public homes	1 September 2026	€1,735

Registration conditions

Read the conditions HIQA attached to this registration

Other homes nearby

Worth phoning too if this home has no bed available.

Skibbereen Residential Care Centre

Private

Skibbereen, Co. Cork· 2.8 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,301 / week
Inspection score: 97
Beds: 51 beds
Phone: 028 23 617

Fairfield Nursing Home

Private

Drimoleague, Co. Cork· 11 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,275 / week
Inspection score: 91
Beds: 49 beds
Phone: 028 31 881

St Joseph's Unit

Public (HSE)

Bantry, Co. Cork· 18 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,498 / week
Inspection score: 86
Beds: 24 beds
Phone: 027 52904

Deerpark Care Home

Private

Bantry, Co. Cork· 19 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,270 / week
Inspection score: 82
Beds: 50 beds
Phone: 027 52 711

St Gabriel's Community Hospital

Public (HSE)

Schull, Co. Cork· 20 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,944 / week
Inspection score: 94
Beds: 21 beds
Phone: 028 28120

Dunmanway Community Hospital

Public (HSE)

Dunmanway, Co. Cork· 22 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,815 / week
Inspection score: 70
Beds: 23 beds
Phone: 023 884 5102

Inspection score

What went into the score

What the latest inspection found

What inspectors liked

What needed to improve

What residents said

Inspection history

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Thematic inspection

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Fair Deal price

Registration conditions

Other homes nearby

Inspection score

What went into the score

What the latest inspection found

What inspectors liked

What needed to improve

What residents said

Inspection history

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Thematic inspection

Leadership and management

Quality and safety of care

Fair Deal price

Registration conditions

Other homes nearby