UCC health economist warns €850m increase in HSE budget is 'only a drop in the ocean'

A health economist has warned that the HSE has “very little wriggle room” in its budget for next year and if additional money is required services might have to be cut.

Dr Brian Turner of University College Cork told RTE’s Morning Ireland that while the 200 extra beds planned for 2012 will help the overstretched service, “they will be only a drop in the ocean”.