More than 500 vulnerable people wait for homecare support in Cork

HSE is carrying out 'a validation exercise' on carer shortages

Rita Parrott, at home in Meelick, Clare, qualified for a 14-hour weekly homecare package due to her reliance on an oxygen tank, but now she is 'not getting those 14 hours'. Picture: Brian Arthur

As the HSE carries out a national review of the numbers of vulnerable people awaiting homecare support, it has emerged that in Cork alone there are more than 500 people in that position.

New data shows there were 335 people waiting for homecare support in Cork before Christmas, including 156 in the south of Cork City and 57 in the north, 54 across West Cork, and 68 across North Cork.