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AREAS WITH LIMITED access to hospice care have more cancer deaths in hospitals.
According to a report by the Irish Hospice Foundation, around 2,500 patients each year are denied access to the hospice care they need because of a lack of hospice services nationwide. This is in spite of a national policy since 2001 that promised to provide one hospice bed for every 10,000 people.
Going by current population figures, there should be 450 hospice beds in the country. Today, there are only 155 hospice beds available.
Limerick, Clare, North Tipperary, Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim are the only regions which are compliant with the national strategy. While, counties Louth, Meath, Cavan, Monaghan, Laois, Offaly, Westmeath, Longford, Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Carlow, Wicklow, Mayo and Kerry have no hospice inpatient units.
The ‘ Access to Specialist Palliative Care Services and Place of Death in Ireland’ report tells us there is a significant reduction in the number of deaths in acute hospitals in the areas where hospice beds are available.
Of all deaths in hospitals, the percentage of people dying from cancer is generally lower in regions where spending on palliative care is in line with national policy.
Sharon Foley, CEO of the IHF said it isn’t fair that “in some areas of the country, patients at their most vulnerable are being denied access to services simply because of where they live. Not having access to inpatient hospice beds has a critical impact on whether a patient dies in an acute hospital or not”.
According to Dr Kathy McLoughlin, who was part of the report, hospice services can provide real savings to the healthcare system and meet the needs of patients.
“They also show improved length of life, better symptom control and patient and carer experience,” McLoughlin added.
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Mad to think all the Yanks still go into the shop in Waterford and buy crystal made in Asia and none the wiser that’s it not actually got anything to do with Waterford at all. Over the years, every single thing we made in this country has just been allowed to be stripped and sold and the workers told “Ah sure won’t you get a few bob from the redundancy?”
They do still blow and hand cut crystal in the new factory/ shop in Waterford.. It’s also sold in the shop.. Most of it is still made elsewhere do.. But the tradition still continues.. They just took on apprentices recently also.. So it’s not as negative as you made it out there in fairness..
Theres 50000 pieces a year made in Waterford. All trophies are still made in Waterford. Hopefully new owners will bring back stemware production to Ireland
I stand corrected.
Laughing all the way to the bank boi!
happily, the taxpayer bailed out the pension fund for the extremely wellpaid staff.
Some glassblowers used to get stretch limos home from work everyday at 4pm when they knocked off.
Ah now
Just wait for it….
One day a man or woman (less likely) will come and lead the idiots of humanity out of the wilderness otherwise someone is definitely going to lose the plot with this abhorrent obnoxious capitalist behaviour and really do some horrible damage. VILE VILE VILE. Accountancy is the cancer of society.
Small typo, “and was bough by kps”
What about this “several thousands private donations”?
Doh! “seven thousands”
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