Harney warns of 6,000 job losses in HSE over 3 years

OVER 6,000 jobs in the Health Service Executive face the axe over the next three years, Health Minister Mary Harney revealed yesterday.

Labour health spokeswoman Jan O’Sullivan asked if the job cuts would be achieved through voluntary redundancies.

Ms Harney, who was appearing before the Joint Committee on Health and Children, said she did not want to say anything that might impact on the public sector talks.