HSE admits changes to medical card criteria

The HSE has been accused of deceit over the medical card crisis, after a senior official finally admitted the criteria for how the discretionary cards are provided has been changed.

The HSE’s national director of primary care, John Hennessy, conceded the change after initially claiming no alteration has taken place.

Speaking on Thursday’s Prime Time, he initially repeated the Government’s official line that there has been no policy change regarding the handing out of discretionary medical cards.