Community healthcare hit by HSE cutbacks

LOCAL health services are being temporarily shut off, respite care abandoned and preventative health clinics closed as the HSE attempts to remain within its reduced budget.

Cardiovascular nursing services in the community are being shelved and baby developmental checks postponed in different pockets across the country, according to parents and TDs.

A community nursing service aimed at cutting deaths from heart attack, stroke and other vascular diseases has been temporarily halted in Co Cork due to lack of funding.