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28/08/2012
HSE To Reduce Staff
SIPTU has warned that a Health Service Executive (HSE) plan to implement a 50% reduction in the number of agency staff employed at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co. Louth, and Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, Co. Meath, would result in an unacceptable risk to patients.
Health Division Organiser, Paul Bell, said: "The removal of these staff would lead to increased waiting times for patients, cancellation of elective procedures, increased pressure on Emergency Departments and a higher risk of infection as cleaning duties are cut back."
The planned reduction in agency staff at the two facilities is revealed in a confidential HSE report that evaluates the impact on patient services if the proposed cuts are implemented.
Mr Bell said: "It is deeply alarming that the report confirms that there is an over reliance on agency and contract staff in both hospitals. The report also confirms the obvious and disturbing consequences of a reduction in staffing numbers, with the associated risks assigned a colour coded level of concern. The report clearly indicates that the staff reductions proposed by the HSE would result in an unacceptable level of risk to patients."
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Health Division Organiser, Paul Bell, said: "The removal of these staff would lead to increased waiting times for patients, cancellation of elective procedures, increased pressure on Emergency Departments and a higher risk of infection as cleaning duties are cut back."
The planned reduction in agency staff at the two facilities is revealed in a confidential HSE report that evaluates the impact on patient services if the proposed cuts are implemented.
Mr Bell said: "It is deeply alarming that the report confirms that there is an over reliance on agency and contract staff in both hospitals. The report also confirms the obvious and disturbing consequences of a reduction in staffing numbers, with the associated risks assigned a colour coded level of concern. The report clearly indicates that the staff reductions proposed by the HSE would result in an unacceptable level of risk to patients."
(CD)
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