Ireland will need more than 2,000 additional public health and community nurses by 2040, according to a new report.<\/p>\n
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) is projecting there will need to be \u201csignificant increases\u201d in HSE primary and community care workforce requirements by the end of the next decade, when compared to 2022 levels.<\/p>\n
Its HSE-funded research said the largest increases in workforce requirements are projected for services that currently focus on older people in the community \u2013 namely audiologists, occupational therapists, podiatrists and public health and community nurse \u2013 with average annual growth requirements of between 2-3.2% out to 2040.<\/p>\n
The largest projected increases in workforce requirements are observed in regions located in the east of the country.<\/p>\n
A separate analysis of waiting list pressures indicates that more staff would be needed to address existing backlogs.<\/p>\n
An additional 300 to 383 occupational therapist whole time equivalents (WTEs) are projected to be required by 2040, alongside 242 to 315 physiotherapist WTEs.<\/p>\n
The ESRI said Ireland will need between 117 and 208 speech and language therapist WTEs, as well as between 2,075 to 2,231 public health and community nurses.<\/p>\n
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD said: \u201cSlaintecare is working to build a health and social care service that is sustainable for the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cIncreasing capacity, both in terms of workforce and infrastructure, along with productivity measures is key to address Ireland\u2019s long-term demographic challenges.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese projections support our planning efforts to build capacity by understanding future workforce requirements to meet the needs of our people.\u201d<\/p>\n
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