Criteria for children’s long-term illness cards changed

The HSE wrongly denied a child with mental health difficulties a long-term illness card, but have agreed to ease the qualification criteria for some children with health conditions so they can avail of free services, an investigation has found.

Ombudsman Peter Tyndall will today release his first investigation since taking office last month.

The investigation looked at long-term illness cards and specifically the case of one child who had mental health problems.