Public (HSE)

Baltinglass Community Hospital

Newtownsaunders, Baltinglass, W91 EK59

Call 059 645 1600

Fair Deal weekly price

€2,134

HSE cost of care, from 1 September 2026

Registered beds

HIQA maximum occupancy

Registered until

24 June 2027

Current registration since 25 June 2024

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	€2,134

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 24/03/2025. 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: 54.

Other homes nearby

Worth phoning too if this home has no bed available.

SignaCare Killerig
Private
Carlow, Co. Carlow· 13 km away
Fair Deal weekly price
€1,247 / week
Inspection score
64
Beds
55 beds
Phone
059 916 3544
Sonas Nursing Home Tullow
Private
Tullow, Co. Carlow· 14 km away

Inspection score

72/ 100

Mostly compliant

Improving

Ranked 16 of 19 scored homes in Co. Wicklow · 8 of 10 within 25 km

Leadership and management70

Quality and safety of care72

What went into the score

19 January 2026 · counts 50%10 of 11 compliant · 97
24 June 2025 · counts 30%3 not compliant · 1 of 9 compliant · 49
21 January 2025 · counts 20%5 not compliant · 1 high risk · 1 of 11 compliant · 42

Fair Deal price is 59% above the Co. Wicklow median of €1,339 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

Baltinglass Community Hospital is a well-managed nursing home with 41 residents during the inspection. Residents and visitors spoke highly of the care, describing it as kind and respectful. The home offers personalised care plans, a variety of activities, and a clean, comfortable environment. Some refurbishment is ongoing but does not affect residents' quality of life.

Long-term care
Respite
Dementia care

What inspectors liked

Residents expressed they 'loved' living there and 'wouldn't change a thing'.
Staff provide respectful, kind care and engage residents in conversation during meals.
There is a varied schedule of activities seven days a week, including one-to-one and group options.
The home has a well-defined management structure with regular audits and quality improvement plans.
Visitors praised staff for excellent communication and involvement in care decisions.

What needed to improve

28% of staff were not up to date with training on managing behaviour that challenges, though this did not impact residents on inspection day.

What residents said

“loved living here”

Baltinglass Community Hospital

Fair Deal price

Registration conditions

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Fair Deal price

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