*The primary care centre on Station Rd is the only one of four Clare facilities first announced in 2021 to have opened. COMMERCIAL AGREEMENTS for the delivery of primary care centres in Ennistymon and Sixmilebridge are to be finalised this year, HSE officials have said.
*Cllr Mary Howard. Photograph: John O’Neill CHILDREN WITH additional needs have been subjected “cruelty” by the wait times for dental treatment.
LACK OF STAFF meant respite care could not be provided at Ennistymon Community Hospital for twelve of the last twenty four months, a North Clare representative has claimed.
*The matter was raised at the regional Health Forum. CLARE’S SPECIALIST orthodontist within the HSE has not been replaced since their retirement in July with a four year waiting list continuing to expand.
*Pictured at Obair, Newmarket on Fergus Kate Tierney (Volunteer), Eimear Murphy (Meals on Wheels Co-Ordinator), Alice Delaney (Volunteer), Vincent Delaney (Volunteer), Eileen McGrath (Volunteer), Siobhan O’Driscoll (Operations Manager, Obair CLG) and Conor Mulqueen (Kitchen Assistant) OBAIR’S MEALS ON WHEELS service is to expand into parts of North, West and East Clare.
HSE CHIEFS are targeting an opening date in the third quarter of this year for the new primary care centre on the Station Rd in Ennis.
SERVICES OFFERED by ShannonDoc are no longer “palatable” to the people of Clare, an elected representative has claimed.
NUMBERS of young people in Clare awaiting mental health appointments has risen by 34% in three years with some youths on the waiting list for up to two years.
‘Power and paint’ work has been completed but the addition of extra services at a planned primary care centre in Kilrush is unlikely, a local representative has lamented.
Persons living in rural areas are facing increasing challenges to access home help, a Clare councillor has highlighted.
