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Over €1.2 million allocated to CHO areas in Shannonside Northern Sound Region to clear Assessment of Needs backlog

Sep 10, 2020 17:00 By News Northern Sound
Over €1.2 million allocated to CHO areas in Shannonside Northern Sound Region to clear Assessment of Needs backlog
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Over €1.2 million has been allocated to CHO areas covering the Shannonside Northern Sound Region to clear the Assessment of Needs backlog. This comes

Over €1.2 million has been allocated to CHO areas covering the Shannonside Northern Sound Region to clear the Assessment of Needs backlog.

This comes under a national provision of an extra €7.8 million announced earlier today by Ministers Stephen Donnelly and Anne Rabitte.

A new Sláintecare initiative has been announced in order to clear the backlog for children’s Assessment of Needs, and supporting the roll out of Children’s Disability Network Teams.

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The measure is to support children and families who are experiencing long waiting times for an assessment and follow up services.

Locally CHO 1 which includes Leitrim, Cavan and Monaghan has been allocated 214,000 euro for 138 children who are overdue.

CHO 2 which includes Roscommon has received 159,000 euro to clear 100 children on the list.

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While CHO 8, which includes Longford and Westmeath has received the largest sum of 901,000 euro locally, to clear a waiting list of 764 children.

Cavan-Monaghan TDs Brendan Smith and Niamh Smyth have welcomed the news.

Deputy Smyth says it will provide for measures to be introduced to tackle the problem:

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