HSE ends funding for mandatory healthcare training

THE HSE is no longer funding healthcare professionals to carry out mandatory training essential to work practices, it has emerged.

Previously, health professionals such as social workers, occupational therapists and physiotherapists were eligible for funding for continuing professional development (CPD), but they are being told by the HSE that, due to the exceptional economic circumstances, it has no money for this.

A spokesperson for the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists (ISCP) said its members were having to fund their own training – and take holiday leave to complete the courses.