3,000 children in Cork waiting to be seen by disability service

Children’s Disability Network Teams provide services such as nursing, occupational therapy, psychology, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, and social work

2,917 children are still waiting for an initial contact with their teams, so that they can be assessed and develop an Individual Family Service Plan to set out their specific strengths, needs, priorities and concerns.

More than 60% of children transferred to new Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNTs) in Cork last spring are still waiting for their first contact with their designated care teams.

Cork/Kerry Community Healthcare rolled out CDNTs in April 2021. There are currently 14 listed on the HSE’s website, 11 in Cork and three in Kerry.