Health service will run with ‘guaranteed’ overspend next year, HSE boss says

Bernard Gloster, chief executive of the HSE, leaves Leinster House after the health committee meeting (Niall Carson/PA)

Ireland’s health sector will have a “guaranteed” overspend next year, as it runs services for which it is not fully funded, the boss of the HSE has warned.

Bernard Gloster said it was unusual to have a deficit built into plans for 2024, but he made clear he was not prepared to cut services to make the books balance.