Jack Chambers: 'HSE must cut unsustainable staff spend'

'Not acceptable' growth in management and admin positions rather than frontline, he said

The public expenditure minister said that both agency staff and the number of staff directly employed by the HSE have been growing, arguing this is “not sustainable”.

Public expenditure minister Jack Chambers has warned the health service that it must practice “greater budgetary discipline” and cut down on agency staff spending.

The Fianna Fáil minister said that both agency staff and the number of staff directly employed by the HSE have been growing, arguing this is “not sustainable”.