HSE misses December recruitment target 

HSE aimed to hire an additional 12,500 staff by April this year. Picture: Pexels

The HSE has failed to meet a December target to recruit 5,000 staff under a €600 million winter plan that promised to recruit an extra 12,500 staff by April this year.

Almost 2,600 new staff have been recruited, of whom 2,323 have started work. A further 2,917 new staff have accepted positions and are going through the clearance process.