17,000 HSE workers are in desk jobs

NEARLY 17,000 of the 102,000 people working for the Health Service Executive are employed in desk/office jobs, the HSE admitted last night.

But a spokesman for the HSE denied the number of managers earning over 75,000 has almost doubled since it came into being.

The HSE defended the huge number of office workers, saying many, including telephonists and receptionists, support front-line medical services.