# Plan for step-down beds at UHL off due to lack of funding

Plans to secure 100 step-down or rehab beds to ease pressure on the consistently overcrowded University Hospital Limerick were scrapped due to a lack of available HSE funding.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publisher | RTÉ |
| Published | 2026-11-13T12:41:16.000Z |
| Section | World |
| Language | en |
| Publisher's article | https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2026/1113/1599107-plan-for-step-down-beds-at-uhl-off-due-to-lack-of-funding/ |
| Publishers covering this event | 1 |

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