Health providers to get one-off payments to ease cost-of-living pressuresJonathan McCambridge, PAMore than 1,450 organisations are to receive one-off payments to ease cost-of-living pressures as part of an €81 million allocation from the Government’s Inflation Fund. Community-based and voluntary health and social care providers are being allocated minimum payments of €1,000, with the payments to be made in the coming weeks. “Many of these service providers have faced serious pressures in light of high inflation in 2022. There are over 1,450 organisations that will receive payments, ranging from local community groups to national service providers. All eligible organisations will shortly receive a letter from the HSE confirming the amount that they will receive and the terms of the fund.

Source: Irish Independent February 20, 2023 06:54 UTC