HSE to axe overtime rates to save €25m

THE HSE is considering offering unpaid leave to staff, cutting all overtime payments and increasing the working hours of staff in a bid to break even this year.

Yesterday, it emerged that the HSE is considering the suspension of the issuing of new medical cards and severe cutbacks in home help hours and personal assistant hours as part of projected savings of €57.5 million.

Now, it is understood that the HSE is considering proposals put forward by the Department of Health targeting payments to staff.