HSE West to take on 123 staff as 1,222 retire

The regional head of operations in the HSE West area has confirmed it is to employ 123 new staff in critical service areas in response to the numbers retiring.

At a HSE West forum meeting in Galway John Hennessy confirmed that health services across the region — from Donegal to Limerick — was to lose “a considerable number of people” through the Government’s early retirement scheme.

Figures provided to the meeting showed that 1,222 had opted to retire and Mr Hennessy said that, in response, the HSE was to recruit 123 staff in critical care services. He said these frontline services related to critical care, midwifery and neo-natal care.