Sick children ‘failed’ over lack of home support

SERIOUSLY ill children are not receiving adequate levels of support and end of life care because of a lack of state funding for the vital service.

A study commissioned by the Jack and Jill Foundation has warned insufficient resources means seriously ill children aged between four and six are unable to access home help and medical support.

According to the “There’s No Place Like Home” study, by Prof Charles Normand and Paul Revill of Trinity College Dublin, 291 children with life-threatening neurological or physical conditions receive vital home nursing care.