Posts cannot be allowed to be 'guillotined', unions tell HSE

The unions said that the HSE has suppressed over 2,000 posts in the healthcare services across all grades — including nurses and other healthcare professionals.

Healthcare unions have written to the HSE to express their concern over risks to patient safety arising from its new recruitment strategy, and said posts within the service cannot be allowed to be “guillotined”.

The ICTU Group of Healthcare Unions said there had been a lack of consultation over the HSE’s proposed Pay and Numbers Strategy, which they said fails to meet its legal obligations.