Over 17,000 children awaiting first contact from short-staffed child disability teams

More than 8,000 children have been waiting for more than a year. File picture

More than 17,000 children across Ireland are still awaiting their first contact from a Child Disability Network Team (CDNT), according to the latest data.

CDNTs are teams of health and social care professionals, including nursing, occupational therapy, psychology, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, social work and others.