According to data, more than 13,000 kids are awaiting their first interaction with Child Disability Network Teams (CDNT), reports Breaking News.
As of the end of October, 13,393 children were waiting for first contact with CDNT, with 9,265 of those waiting for more than a year, according to data made public by the HSE under the Freedom of Information Act.
Professionals in the fields of nursing, occupational therapy, psychology, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, social work, and other health and social care fields make up CDNTs, reports Breaking News.
2,890 people are awaiting their first interaction with a disability team at Community Health Organisation (CHO) 9, which serves Dublin North, North Central, and North West. This is more than the 2,779 in the most recent data.
2,544 of the 2890 youngsters on the waiting list had been there for more than a year, reports Breaking News.
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There are 2,580 people waiting for first contact in CHO 7, which includes Kildare/West Wicklow, Dublin West, Dublin South City, and Dublin South West. Of those, 1,923 have been waiting for more than a year. Compared to data from the end of August, which indicated 2,562 children waiting in this region, this is a modest increase.
337 youngsters between the ages of seven and twelve months are waiting in the same region, reports Breaking News.
There are 1,535 kids in CHO 5, which serves South Tipperary, Carlow/Kilkenny, Waterford, and Wexford, who are awaiting their first interaction with a disability team.
There are 1,518 children at CHO 8, which stands for Laois/Offaly, Longford/Westmeath, Louth, and Meath, who are awaiting initial contact from a team, reports Breaking News.
1,474 children are on waiting lists for CHO6, which serves Wicklow, Dun Laoghaire, and Dublin South East. Of them, 1,193 children have been waiting for contact for more than a year.
Over 42,000 children are presently receiving services and support from the CDNTs, and when staffing resources permit, they are also offering ideas and assistance for urgent situations on the wait list.
There were 942 waiting-list children who attended one or more individual and/or group intervention sessions in October, reports Breaking News.
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