Fórsa trade union says strategy threatens public service healthcare provision and is balloting for industrial action
Fórsa trade union says strategy threatens public service healthcare provision and is balloting for industrial action
The HSE’s Pay and Numbers Strategy was put in place in July, setting a new employment ceiling of 125,420 whole-time equivalent positions in the health service – the number of occupied paid posts in place at the end of December last year. ‘I’m a woman who’s totally destroyed.’ French mass rape victim Gisèle Pelicot gives evidence in court
Fórsa national secretary Linda Kelly criticised the HSE spend of €79.4 million on private consultancy firms last year for “strategic planning and business improvement”, saying it was the spending equivalent of 1,865 therapy posts, or 2,354 medical secretary posts or 1,334 psychology posts.
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