Marymount launch strategic plan as funding talks continue

Ireland’s oldest and largest hospice has launched a seven-year strategic plan against ongoing uncertainty over 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.

Kieran Barry, chairman of the board of directors, said the economic case for investment in services for older people and for specialist hospice care is well established and the strategy launched last night has been formulated to address gaps in services.