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IN RESPONSE TO a damning internal audit report into the Health Service Executive’s SKILL training programme, Minister for Health Mary Harney has said that any waste or misappropriation of money by the HSE is unacceptable.
Harney insisted that any such situation would not be acceptable to her, the government, or the health service – and vowed to address any problems – when speaking on RTÉ’s Prime Time programme last night.
We’ve put together some of the revelations contained in the report, which investigated how the SKILL programme spent its €60m budget set up to provide training for low-skilled health workers.
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It might be a good idea to warn people about the dangers of flushing wet wipes, make up removal pads etc down the loo. Some estates have an infrastructure built in the sixties and seventies before these things even existed, so the presence of these items in the waste system was never factored into the design and they regularly block up .; It tends to be the same people who have a problem, despite not being the culprits, especially if their home is at the end of a row.
@Liz O’Neill: youz a reading ma mind Lizzy…
also body wipes used by home helpers to look after their clients are often flushed down toilets but they do not dissolve like loo paper and are a huge cause of blockages…. also pouring grease from cooking is a “recipe” for disaster.
@JG: Yes! The dreaded ‘fatbergs’.
Also, if you’re in a hard-water area, stick to glycerine-based hand wash & shower washes. Traditional soap only causes a hard scale buildup which is a chore to remove.
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