Budget 2025: Extra 335 hospital beds, two new surgical hubs and new chickenpox vaccine among measures for health
scheme will be expanded, and there will be an additional 335 hospital beds as part of a suite of measures announced for the health service in, will be made freely available from January 2025, resulting in potential savings to women of up to €840 per year.
The focus for the service in next year’s health budget is “being given to maintaining existing services”, in light of a growing and ageing population, according to the There will be the delivery of 335 new acute beds, the development of two surgical hubs in Galway and Swords, and the provision of funding for 49 new consultant posts.
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