Politics €700m home care budget fails to dent waiting figuresHSE plans to require private providers to pay travel time to their staff and secure work permits for carers from non-EU countries
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
Nursing homes to reduce waiting period to admit patients after Covid outbreaksNursing homes have been given permission to take in hospital patients within seven to ten days of the last case of Covid-19 being detected, rather than 28 days
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
