Hospice gets €2.1m to double capacity with 20 more beds

A two-year funding delay for 20 vital Cork hospice care beds is set to end this autumn — meaning terminally-ill people will get the care they need.

Marymount Hospice has confirmed it is set to receive €2.1m from the HSE in the coming months, which will be used to almost double capacity at the end-of-life centre.

As part of a major upgrade of the facility, in Sept 2011, Marymount saw its bed numbers increase from 24 to 44, in line with decade-old calls to improve end-of-life care services.