Health Up to 1,000 homecare workers to be recruited from outside EUGovernment boosts budget from €600 million to €700 million to ease staff shortages in homecare sector and reduce waiting list
Health Homecare providers threaten HSE with legal action over new tender processHome and Community Care Ireland (HCCI) claims that the HSE is not providing enough detail on care plans and is potentially ‘in contravention of the law’ on zero-hour contracts
Students and unemployed may be trained to work as homecare workersDespite an increased budget, difficulty in recruiting staff means 5,000 people are still on the waiting list for visits
How I work: ‘If communication is absent, speculation and noise will fill the vacuum’In any role, you need to listen and learn to take constructive criticism on board, the HCCI’s Joseph Musgrave believes
Home care industry wants workforce review to meet HSE’s ambitious growth plansHome and Community Care Ireland says structural problems with way home care is organised don’t take account of various skillsets needed
