Governance • Regulated by HSE Primary Care Division
Community Healthcare Organisation (CHO)
Definition: CHOs are operational administrative divisions of the HSE delivering community-based primary care, social care, and mental health services across Ireland.
Regulatory Impact & Compliance Overview
Ireland is structured into 9 Community Healthcare Organisations (CHO 1 to CHO 9), which commission home support packages and community nursing from contracted agencies based on geographical catchment areas and regional tender frameworks.
Governing Authority
Enforced by HSE Primary Care Division in Ireland. Compliance with these standards is legally required for all licensed and participating care providers.
Automated Compliance
How AsanWork Enforces Community Healthcare Organisation (CHO)
AsanWork builds compliance directly into daily scheduling workflows. Hard compliance stops prevent un-vetted, un-screened, or non-credentialed staff from receiving shift allocations, ensuring 100% audit readiness.
Related Ireland Healthcare Terms
Registration
CORU (Regulating Health and Social Care Professionals)
CORU is Ireland's multi-profession health regulator responsible for protecting the public by regulating health and social care professionals.
Safeguarding
Children First Act 2015
Irish legislation providing statutory obligations to report child protection concerns and implement Child Safeguarding Statements.
Compliance
HIQA Single Assessment Framework (Thematic Inspections)
Targeted inspection programmes conducted by HIQA focusing on specific regulatory areas such as medication safety, infection prevention, or staffing governance.
Funding
HSE Home Support Scheme
The HSE Home Support Scheme provides publicly funded care hours to individuals living at home who require assistance with everyday living activities.