Home care firms want HSE to end home support allocation model

Home & Community Care Ireland say current system is 'structurally flawed, prioritises speed over quality, restricts genuine client choice, and creates an unnecessary administrative burden'

Under the model, the HCCI said that home care referrals are issued simultaneously to all approved providers, who must respond immediately to secure the allocation.

The association representing home care providers has called on the HSE to end its home support allocation model, which it claims creates an “unnecessary administrative burden”.

Home & Community Care Ireland (HCCI), which represents independent private and non-profit home care providers, wants to see the phasing out of the HSE’s model for allocating home care hours.