Government accused of misrepresenting number of new beds in winter plan

Alan Kelly grilled minister Eamon Ryan on why the HSE had listed beds that were already in place as "new". Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The Government has been criticised for its description of "new beds" in its winter plan for the health service.

The plan states there will be 830 new acute beds, 63 critical care beds, and 484 new sub-acute beds.