Uncertainty continues around State funding for Marymount hospice

Ireland’s oldest and largest hospice has launched a seven-year strategic plan against the backdrop of ongoing uncertainty over the level of its State funding.

Marymount University Hospital and Hospice in Cork, which serves a population of more than 500,000 people and which depends on the State for nearly 60% of its income, described their 2019-2025 strategic plan launched last night as an “ambitious but cost-effective plan” to deliver excellence in caring for the elderly and in providing specialist palliative care.