Possibility of further cuts in Western Health Board

The Western Health Board, which has already axed over 170 part-time administrative staff, may be planning additional cuts, according to an article in today’s Sunday Tribune.

The newspaper said that these cuts will be in addition to the cuts revealed by the paper two weeks ago, which revealed that the Government was planning cuts of over €100m to the Department of Health as part of a €1bn purse tightening operation in 2003.