Health service chief recently told senior managers staffing ‘now at a level not previously seen and continues to grow’
HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster last week said a new employment ceiling would be set at 125,420 whole-time equivalent positions. Photograph: iStocklast week will mean the abolition of 2,000 vacant funded posts and will “seriously impact” on patient safety, trade unions have warned.
The unions said the strategy would see the suppression of 2,000 posts across all grades, including nurses and other healthcare professionals. This would mean funded posts vacant at the end of last year will be abolished, which the unions say they will not allow to happen. They have asked the HSE to provide details of the funded posts set to be suppressed.
Kevin Figgis, head of Siptu’s health division, said: “We currently need to be taking every possible step to grow and retain the workforce, but these measures have the potential to curb that very necessary growth, increase the risk of outsourcing, with a direct impact on staff and patient safety.” Mr Gloster said the regionalisation strategy meant services in parts of the health service would not be affected by any recruitment challenges that might occur in others.
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