HSE 'failed' children by not giving access to palliative care

Bernard Gloster admitted the HSE failed two terminally ill children by not giving them access to palliative care services close to home. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland

The HSE “failed” terminally ill children towards the end of their lives by not giving them access to palliative care services close to home, chief executive Bernard Gloster has admitted.

The HSE chief made the admission in an apology to families, who, he said, were “badly let down” and from whose experience the agency still has “so much to learn”.