The exposure of problems at the Leas Cross nursing home coincided with the period of transition from the old Health Board system to the unified Health Services Executive. The Leas Cross Nursing Home was in the operational area of the former Northern Area Health Board. Given the particular public concern the acting Chief Officer of the HSE Northern Area agreed with the National Director of Primary, Community and Continuing Care that it was appropriate to commission a review of the deaths at Leas Cross.

Professor Des O'Neill, Consultant Geriatrician, was commissioned to carry out this review.

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