Fewer than 300 health staff deployed after 'Be On Call' recruitment drive

David Cullinane: The 1,400 staff deemed eligible for work under the Be On Call for Ireland campaign should be hired immediately. Picture: Gareth Chaney

The 1,400 health staff in a pool of candidates from the Be On Call For Ireland campaign must be hired immediately to meet the challenges of the winter and allow the Government deliver on its budget promises.

That is according to Sinn Féin health spokesman David Cullinane, who said he has doubts over the Government's budget announcements in health, which include ambitious targets to employ 16,000 extra staff by the end of 2021.