Kenneth FoxHealth Service Executive boss Bernard Gloster has ordered a freeze on the recruitment of managerial and administrative staff as hospitals overspent by almost €150 million in the first two months of the year. The HSE continues to take on managers and administrators at a greater rate than it does doctors, nurses and other health professionals. Sinn Féin health spokesman David Cullinane described the rate of hiring of management and administrative grades in the HSE as concerning. “What this data shows me is that it is far easier and quicker to recruit management and administrative staff, and this is why we are seeing these numbers balloon. Government after government has failed to take health workforce planning seriously.

Source: The Herald June 20, 2023 08:02 UTC