Health service set to gain 600 jobs this year

THE Department of Health last night took issue with a claim that 600 jobs would be shed by the Health Service Executive (HSE) under its first national service plan.

A spokesman for the department told the Irish Examiner there would be a net increase of 600 jobs across health services in 2005.

He was responding to a report on RTÉ giving details of the service plan, which will be published today.