Patients within health service will be harmed without further budget overrun – HSE chief

Bernard Gloster confirmed that the HSE would not be sticking with the allocation it received in Budget 2024

HSE CEO Bernard Gloster said an extra €2.4bn to €2.7bn would be required for 2024 but the Department of Health only received an extra €800m in Budget 2024. File picture: Denis Minihane

Patients within the health service will be harmed unless there is a further budget overrun in 2024, HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster has said.

Mr Gloster confirmed that for the upcoming service plan, the HSE would not be sticking with the budgetary allocation provided to it last Tuesday.