Hundreds of patients denied home help care

Seriously ill patients are being refused home help hours due to the HSE’s dire financial circumstances — with some terminally ill people receiving just four hours of support a week.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation claims the situation has been like this in Cork since June, and is likely to be occurring throughout the rest of the country.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner, Patsy Doyle, the union’s industrial relations officer, said hundreds of people who should be receiving the state help are being turned down for the support.