The Government is insisting that controlling the number of staff employed in the HSE is a key element in tackling rising healthcare spending. Nurses on Tuesday strongly criticised recruitment restrictions put in place in the HSE, which they said were placing patients at risk. On Tuesday, Mr Donohoe said he met with Minister for Health Simon Harris on that morning and discussed health expenditure. “The key issue for me is ensuring that the staffing plans that we have included in the HSE service action plan are delivered,” he said. Mr Donohoe said that recruitment which was not funded or agreed was the key driver of overspending in the past.

Source: The Irish Times July 17, 2019 00:11 UTC