‘Inappropriate referrals’ add to long speech therapy lists
HSE currently employs more than 900 speech and language therapists throughout the country
The government has been told that it could reduce the huge number of children waiting for speech and language therapy by getting rid of ‘inappropriate referrals’.
There are currently over 30,000 children on the waiting list for speech and language assessments or therapies. But the state-funded Childhood Development Initiative (CDI), which has provided speech and language therapy to children in some of the country’s poorest areas, said very often a child might not ...
