HSE must save €103m to come in on budget

THE Health Service Executive needs to make savings of €103 million in the next three months in order to come in on budget.

Figures from the HSE show that at the start of last month, it had spent €7.479 billion even though it had only budgeted for €7.444bn. That amounts to a deficit of €35.2m.

However, the deficit could be considerably higher because that figure depends on the HSE being available to avail of the Primary Care Reimbursement Service, which currently stands at €27m, as well as quality/clinical care and some contingency funding.