HSE OFFICIAL CLAIMS TOO MANY HEALTH FACILITIES IN WEST
Date Published: 04-Oct-2011
A senior HSE official claims too many residential facilities in the HSE West region are a huge burden on the healthcare budget.
HSE West Director of Operations, John Hennessy says there is now a question mark over the size and scale of these units into the future.
The Irish Times reports that outside the acute hospital network stretching from Limerick to Donegal, there are 43 residential facilities.