Fears of cuts to respite services

THE HSE has insisted no decision has been made regarding respite care in North Tipperary, after a local TD claimed there is a “serious threat” to services in the county.

Reports suggest services at the Community Hospital of the Assumption (CHOA) in Thurles are being reviewed as part of the HSE’s continuing efforts to reduce expenditure in the mid-west.

Furthermore, there are concerns in the Nenagh area, from where respite services at the St Conlon’s Road Community Nursing Unit were transferred to Thurles earlier this year.