HSE says office staff numbers not too high

MORE THAN 1,300 people employed in the Mid-West health service are in office jobs.

For every six frontline medical staff employed in the Health Service Executive (Mid-West) there is one management/administrative/clerical worker, according to figures obtained by the Irish Examiner.

The HSE Mid West employs 8,616 people, and of these, 7,251 are frontline health workers such as doctors, nurses, therapists, paramedics, ambulance personnel and others.