No move on Warerford nursing unit despite promise

A hospital action group in Waterford says it is in limbo, eight years after it first began lobbying the government for a community nursing unit.

A hard-fought campaign appeared to have borne fruit last October, when the Government seemed set to deliver a 100-bed nursing unit at St Patrick’s Hospital.

However, despite a design team being selected last autumn to work on the community unit, planning permission has yet to be sought.