HSE targets double-jobbing in €33m savings

THE Health Service Executive has introduced new measures to prevent agency staff double-jobbing as part of new contracts which will result in €33m savings this year.

The HSE announced yesterday that it has negotiated new contracts which will prevent agency nurses, doctors, health care assistants and allied health professionals from working outside their HSE positions.

As part of the reform, the HSE has reduced the number of agencies with which it had contracts from over 30 to just 12. Under the new measures, staff who take voluntary redundancy from the health sector will also be prohibited from working for agencies in HSE-funded operations.