7,500 children waiting for first contact from disability teams
Figures from the HSE show 7,500 children are waiting for first contact with a Child Disability Network Team (CDNT) at the end of April.
This is a drop from the 8,200 children who were waiting for first contact at the end of March.
Of the 7,500 children waiting for first contact at the end of April, 4,776 are waiting for over a year.
The Regional Healthcare Area (RHA) with the highest number of children waiting for first contact is HSE Dublin South East, with 1,946 children on waiting lists.
Of those children, 1,381 are waiting over a year for first contact.
This RHA covers Carlow, Kilkenny, South Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford, and most of Wicklow.
HSE Dublin Midlands, which covers Dublin South City and West and Dublin South West, Kildare, West Wicklow, Laois, Offaly, Longford, and Westmeath, has 1,933 children waiting for first contact.
This includes 1,423 waiting for first contact.
HSE Dublin and North East, which covers North Dublin, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, and most of Cavan, has...
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