Private

Ballymote Community Nursing Unit

Carrownanty, Ballymote, F56EP48

Call 071 918 3195

Fair Deal weekly price

€1,414

HSE list #230, 4 September 2026

Registered beds

HIQA maximum occupancy

Registered until

31 July 2027

Current registration since 1 August 2024

Inspection score

72/ 100

Mostly compliant

Improving

Ranked 6 of 7 scored homes in Co. Sligo · 9 of 11 within 25 km

Leadership and management73

Quality and safety of care71

What went into the score

30 April 2026 · counts 50%1 not compliant · 8 of 17 compliant · 78
13 October 2025 · counts 30%6 not compliant · 7 of 17 compliant · 60
17 January 2025 · counts 20%2 not compliant · 7 of 15 compliant · 73

Fair Deal price is 7% above the Co. Sligo median of €1,315 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

Ballymote Community Nursing Unit provides long-term and short-term care including dementia and palliative care. The home is mostly well-managed with good staffing and a focus on residents' choices and comfort. However, ongoing building upgrades have limited some facilities and activities. Inspectors found some areas needing improvement, such as care plan updates, medication management, infection control, and activity scheduling.

Long-term care
Respite
Convalescence
Dementia care
Palliative care

What inspectors liked

Residents are supported to have choices in their care and daily life.
Staff are helpful, dedicated, and respond promptly to residents' needs.
The home has a good range of health and social care services available.
Meals are nutritious with choices and residents enjoy the food.
Complaints are managed well and resolved in a timely manner.

What needed to improve

Care plans are not always updated or reviewed with residents or their representatives.
Some restrictive practices lack proper consent and risk assessments.
Activity records are incomplete and no activity schedule was displayed, limiting residents' ability to choose activities.
Medication prescriptions on the electronic system lacked prescriber signatures at the time of inspection.
Building upgrades have caused some areas to be unusable and some premises issues remain, including fire safety and infection control concerns.

What residents said

“I like it here, why wouldn't I?, There is plenty to keep you occupied”
“I love it here, I can't say anything against the staff”
“I am not aware of what activities are provided”
“There is usually plenty to do”

Staffing: Staffing levels and skill mix are sufficient to meet residents' needs, with additional night cover added due to building works. Staff receive up-to-date mandatory and professional training.
Activities: Activities were limited on the day due to building works, mostly discussion-based. There was no activity schedule displayed, and records showed gaps in activity provision for some residents.
Food: Residents enjoy the food with choices offered at mealtimes. An enhanced nutrition programme is in place, including dietitian review and extra snacks and drinks throughout the day.
Dementia: The centre provides dementia care as part of its services, with personalised rooms and signage to assist residents.

Summarised by AI from the HIQA report of 30 April 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

30 April 2026
Unannounced inspection · published Sept 2026
8 compliant8 mostly1 not compliant
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Leadership and management
Statement of purposeCompliant
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 31 August 2026Not compliant
Contract for the provision of servicesLow risk · fix by 31 August 2026Mostly
Notification of procedures and arrangements for periods when person in charge is absent from the designated centreCompliant
Complaints procedureCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planLow risk · fix by 31 August 2026Mostly
Health careCompliant
Managing behaviour that is challengingLow risk · fix by 31 July 2026Mostly
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsLow risk · fix by 31 August 2026Mostly
PremisesLow risk · fix by 30 April 2026Mostly
Food and nutritionCompliant
Infection controlLow risk · fix by 31 July 2026Mostly
Fire precautionsLow risk · fix by 30 April 2026Mostly
Medicines and pharmaceutical servicesLow risk · fix by 28 August 2026Mostly
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
13 October 2025
Unannounced inspection · published Feb 2026
7 compliant4 mostly6 not compliant
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Leadership and management
Statement of purposeLow risk · fix by 28 December 2025Mostly
StaffingModerate risk · fix by 30 January 2026Not compliant
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 12 January 2026Not compliant
Contract for the provision of servicesLow risk · fix by 30 January 2026Mostly
Notification of incidentsModerate risk · fix by 5 December 2025Not compliant
Notification of absenceCompliant
Notification of procedures and arrangements for periods when person in charge is absent from the designated centreCompliant
Complaints procedureCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planLow risk · fix by 28 February 2026Mostly
Health careCompliant
Residents' rightsLow risk · fix by 20 February 2026Mostly
VisitsCompliant
PremisesModerate risk · fix by 30 January 2026Not compliant
Temporary absence or discharge of residentsCompliant
Risk managementCompliant
Infection controlModerate risk · fix by 30 January 2026Not compliant
Fire precautionsModerate risk · fix by 30 March 2026Not compliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
17 January 2025
Unannounced inspection · published May 2025
7 compliant6 mostly2 not compliant
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Leadership and management
Statement of purposeModerate risk · fix by 31 March 2025Mostly
Written policies and proceduresCompliant
Persons in chargeCompliant
StaffingLow risk · fix by 15 April 2025Mostly
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 25 April 2025Not compliant
Complaints procedureCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planLow risk · fix by 28 March 2025Mostly
Health careCompliant
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsModerate risk · fix by 28 March 2025Not compliant
Communication difficultiesCompliant
PremisesLow risk · fix by 30 April 2025Mostly
Risk managementCompliant
Infection controlLow risk · fix by 28 March 2025Mostly
Fire precautionsLow risk · fix by 25 April 2025Mostly
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
17 April 2024
Unannounced inspection · published Sept 2024
14 compliant2 mostly
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Leadership and management
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
Governance and managementCompliant
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 challengingCompliant
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsCompliant
VisitsCompliant
Personal possessionsCompliant
PremisesLow risk · fix by 1 July 2024Mostly
Food and nutritionCompliant
Information for residentsCompliant
Infection controlLow risk · fix by 1 July 2024Mostly
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
17 November 2023
Unannounced inspection · published Feb 2024
1 compliant1 mostly9 not compliant
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Leadership and management
Persons in chargeCompliant
StaffingModerate risk · fix by 28 February 2024Not compliant
Training and staff developmentModerate risk · fix by 24 November 2023Not compliant
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 24 November 2023Not compliant
Notification of incidentsModerate risk · fix by 24 November 2023Not compliant
Complaints procedureModerate risk · fix by 24 November 2023Not compliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planHigh risk · fix by 24 November 2023Not compliant
Health careHigh risk · fix by 24 November 2023Not compliant
Managing behaviour that is challengingLow risk · fix by 24 November 2023Mostly
ProtectionModerate risk · fix by 24 November 2023Not compliant
Food and nutritionModerate risk · fix by 24 November 2023Not compliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
21 September 2023
Unannounced inspection · published Feb 2024
4 compliant8 mostly6 not compliant
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Leadership and management
Statement of purposeLow risk · fix by 28 September 2023Mostly
Persons in chargeCompliant
StaffingModerate risk · fix by 9 October 2023Not compliant
Training and staff developmentLow risk · fix by 1 October 2023Mostly
Directory of residentsCompliant
RecordsLow risk · fix by 25 September 2023Mostly
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 1 November 2023Not compliant
Contract for the provision of servicesLow risk · fix by 5 October 2023Mostly
Notification of incidentsLow risk · fix by 31 December 2023Mostly
Complaints procedureModerate risk · fix by 1 November 2023Not compliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planModerate risk · fix by 1 November 2023Not compliant
Health careCompliant
Residents' rightsModerate risk · fix by 1 November 2023Not compliant
VisitsCompliant
Personal possessionsModerate risk · fix by 1 October 2023Not compliant
PremisesLow risk · fix by 22 September 2023Mostly
Food and nutritionLow risk · fix by 1 November 2023Mostly
Infection controlLow risk · fix by 1 October 2023Mostly
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 Section 40 #230	4 September 2026	€1,414

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 16 April 2024. 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: 32

Other homes nearby

Worth phoning too if this home has no bed available.

Bailey's Nursing Home
Private
Tobercurry, Co. Sligo· 14 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,288 / week
Inspection score
57
Beds
43 beds
Phone
071 918 5471
Plunkett Community Nursing Unit
Public (HSE)
Boyle, Co. Roscommon· 19 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,864 / week
Inspection score
88
Beds
33 beds
Phone
071 966 2026
Drumderrig House
Private
Boyle, Co. Roscommon· 20 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,225 / week
Inspection score
89
Beds
96 beds
Phone
071 966 2561
Abbey Haven Care Centre & Nursing Home
Private
Boyle, Co. Roscommon· 20 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,250 / week
Inspection score
76
Beds
63 beds
Phone
071 967 0111
Nazareth House Nursing Home Sligo
Private
Sligo, Co. Sligo· 20 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,405 / week
Inspection score
86
Beds
70 beds
Phone
071 918 0900
Summerville Healthcare
Private
Strandhill, Co. Sligo· 20 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,315 / week
Inspection score
90
Beds
47 beds
Phone
071 912 8430

Inspection score

72/ 100

Mostly compliant

Improving

Ranked 6 of 7 scored homes in Co. Sligo · 9 of 11 within 25 km

Leadership and management73

Quality and safety of care71

What went into the score

30 April 2026 · counts 50%1 not compliant · 8 of 17 compliant · 78
13 October 2025 · counts 30%6 not compliant · 7 of 17 compliant · 60
17 January 2025 · counts 20%2 not compliant · 7 of 15 compliant · 73

Fair Deal price is 7% above the Co. Sligo median of €1,315 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
Convalescence
Dementia care
Palliative care

What inspectors liked

Residents are supported to have choices in their care and daily life.
Staff are helpful, dedicated, and respond promptly to residents' needs.
The home has a good range of health and social care services available.
Meals are nutritious with choices and residents enjoy the food.
Complaints are managed well and resolved in a timely manner.

What needed to improve

Care plans are not always updated or reviewed with residents or their representatives.
Some restrictive practices lack proper consent and risk assessments.
Activity records are incomplete and no activity schedule was displayed, limiting residents' ability to choose activities.
Medication prescriptions on the electronic system lacked prescriber signatures at the time of inspection.
Building upgrades have caused some areas to be unusable and some premises issues remain, including fire safety and infection control concerns.

What residents said

“I like it here, why wouldn't I?, There is plenty to keep you occupied”
“I love it here, I can't say anything against the staff”
“I am not aware of what activities are provided”
“There is usually plenty to do”

Staffing: Staffing levels and skill mix are sufficient to meet residents' needs, with additional night cover added due to building works. Staff receive up-to-date mandatory and professional training.
Activities: Activities were limited on the day due to building works, mostly discussion-based. There was no activity schedule displayed, and records showed gaps in activity provision for some residents.
Food: Residents enjoy the food with choices offered at mealtimes. An enhanced nutrition programme is in place, including dietitian review and extra snacks and drinks throughout the day.
Dementia: The centre provides dementia care as part of its services, with personalised rooms and signage to assist residents.

Summarised by AI from the HIQA report of 30 April 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

30 April 2026
Unannounced inspection · published Sept 2026
8 compliant8 mostly1 not compliant
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Leadership and management
Statement of purposeCompliant
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 31 August 2026Not compliant
Contract for the provision of servicesLow risk · fix by 31 August 2026Mostly
Notification of procedures and arrangements for periods when person in charge is absent from the designated centreCompliant
Complaints procedureCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planLow risk · fix by 31 August 2026Mostly
Health careCompliant
Managing behaviour that is challengingLow risk · fix by 31 July 2026Mostly
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsLow risk · fix by 31 August 2026Mostly
PremisesLow risk · fix by 30 April 2026Mostly
Food and nutritionCompliant
Infection controlLow risk · fix by 31 July 2026Mostly
Fire precautionsLow risk · fix by 30 April 2026Mostly
Medicines and pharmaceutical servicesLow risk · fix by 28 August 2026Mostly
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
13 October 2025
Unannounced inspection · published Feb 2026
7 compliant4 mostly6 not compliant
ShowHide
Leadership and management
Statement of purposeLow risk · fix by 28 December 2025Mostly
StaffingModerate risk · fix by 30 January 2026Not compliant
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 12 January 2026Not compliant
Contract for the provision of servicesLow risk · fix by 30 January 2026Mostly
Notification of incidentsModerate risk · fix by 5 December 2025Not compliant
Notification of absenceCompliant
Notification of procedures and arrangements for periods when person in charge is absent from the designated centreCompliant
Complaints procedureCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planLow risk · fix by 28 February 2026Mostly
Health careCompliant
Residents' rightsLow risk · fix by 20 February 2026Mostly
VisitsCompliant
PremisesModerate risk · fix by 30 January 2026Not compliant
Temporary absence or discharge of residentsCompliant
Risk managementCompliant
Infection controlModerate risk · fix by 30 January 2026Not compliant
Fire precautionsModerate risk · fix by 30 March 2026Not compliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
17 January 2025
Unannounced inspection · published May 2025
7 compliant6 mostly2 not compliant
ShowHide
Leadership and management
Statement of purposeModerate risk · fix by 31 March 2025Mostly
Written policies and proceduresCompliant
Persons in chargeCompliant
StaffingLow risk · fix by 15 April 2025Mostly
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 25 April 2025Not compliant
Complaints procedureCompliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planLow risk · fix by 28 March 2025Mostly
Health careCompliant
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsModerate risk · fix by 28 March 2025Not compliant
Communication difficultiesCompliant
PremisesLow risk · fix by 30 April 2025Mostly
Risk managementCompliant
Infection controlLow risk · fix by 28 March 2025Mostly
Fire precautionsLow risk · fix by 25 April 2025Mostly
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
17 April 2024
Unannounced inspection · published Sept 2024
14 compliant2 mostly
ShowHide
Leadership and management
StaffingCompliant
Training and staff developmentCompliant
Governance and managementCompliant
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 challengingCompliant
ProtectionCompliant
Residents' rightsCompliant
VisitsCompliant
Personal possessionsCompliant
PremisesLow risk · fix by 1 July 2024Mostly
Food and nutritionCompliant
Information for residentsCompliant
Infection controlLow risk · fix by 1 July 2024Mostly
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
17 November 2023
Unannounced inspection · published Feb 2024
1 compliant1 mostly9 not compliant
ShowHide
Leadership and management
Persons in chargeCompliant
StaffingModerate risk · fix by 28 February 2024Not compliant
Training and staff developmentModerate risk · fix by 24 November 2023Not compliant
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 24 November 2023Not compliant
Notification of incidentsModerate risk · fix by 24 November 2023Not compliant
Complaints procedureModerate risk · fix by 24 November 2023Not compliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planHigh risk · fix by 24 November 2023Not compliant
Health careHigh risk · fix by 24 November 2023Not compliant
Managing behaviour that is challengingLow risk · fix by 24 November 2023Mostly
ProtectionModerate risk · fix by 24 November 2023Not compliant
Food and nutritionModerate risk · fix by 24 November 2023Not compliant
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)
21 September 2023
Unannounced inspection · published Feb 2024
4 compliant8 mostly6 not compliant
ShowHide
Leadership and management
Statement of purposeLow risk · fix by 28 September 2023Mostly
Persons in chargeCompliant
StaffingModerate risk · fix by 9 October 2023Not compliant
Training and staff developmentLow risk · fix by 1 October 2023Mostly
Directory of residentsCompliant
RecordsLow risk · fix by 25 September 2023Mostly
Governance and managementModerate risk · fix by 1 November 2023Not compliant
Contract for the provision of servicesLow risk · fix by 5 October 2023Mostly
Notification of incidentsLow risk · fix by 31 December 2023Mostly
Complaints procedureModerate risk · fix by 1 November 2023Not compliant
Quality and safety of care
Individual assessment and care planModerate risk · fix by 1 November 2023Not compliant
Health careCompliant
Residents' rightsModerate risk · fix by 1 November 2023Not compliant
VisitsCompliant
Personal possessionsModerate risk · fix by 1 October 2023Not compliant
PremisesLow risk · fix by 22 September 2023Mostly
Food and nutritionLow risk · fix by 1 November 2023Mostly
Infection controlLow risk · fix by 1 October 2023Mostly
Read the full HIQA report (PDF)

Fair Deal price

List	Published	Weekly price
HSE Section 40 #230	4 September 2026	€1,414

Registration conditions

Read the conditions HIQA attached to this registration

Other homes nearby

Worth phoning too if this home has no bed available.

Bailey's Nursing Home

Private

Tobercurry, Co. Sligo· 14 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,288 / week
Inspection score: 57
Beds: 43 beds
Phone: 071 918 5471

Plunkett Community Nursing Unit

Public (HSE)

Boyle, Co. Roscommon· 19 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,864 / week
Inspection score: 88
Beds: 33 beds
Phone: 071 966 2026

Drumderrig House

Private

Boyle, Co. Roscommon· 20 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,225 / week
Inspection score: 89
Beds: 96 beds
Phone: 071 966 2561

Abbey Haven Care Centre & Nursing Home

Private

Boyle, Co. Roscommon· 20 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,250 / week
Inspection score: 76
Beds: 63 beds
Phone: 071 967 0111

Nazareth House Nursing Home Sligo

Private

Sligo, Co. Sligo· 20 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,405 / week
Inspection score: 86
Beds: 70 beds
Phone: 071 918 0900

Summerville Healthcare

Private

Strandhill, Co. Sligo· 20 km away

Fair Deal weekly price: €1,315 / week
Inspection score: 90
Beds: 47 beds
Phone: 071 912 8430