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HSE clerical and administrative staff across the North West have served notice of industrial action. It comes following the results of a ballot last week, in which Fórsa members voted over a dispute on outsourcing and a recruitment ban. The industrial action will begin next month. The union ballot, which…

The HSE will host two preview days this August Bank Holiday weekend for members of the public to avail of tours of the new Ballyshannon Community Hospital, ahead of its opening in the autumn. Staff will be on hand to show people around the €31.76 million facility located at the…

The HSE is back in the spotlight over budget overruns. A Cabinet briefing by Health Minister Stephen Donnelly indicates his budget is already in trouble for the first three months of the year. Demands on hospital services are being blamed for the pressures already affecting Minister Donnelley’s healthcare budget for…

2,063 attacks have taken place on HSE staff in the CHO Area 1 which includes Sligo Leitrim, Donegal as well as parts of Cavan and Monaghan. 987 HSE staff were attacked in the CHO area in 2022 while the figure for 2021 was reported to be 1,076. The combined figures…

New figures published by the HSE have shown that the disparity between public and private healthcare costs across the North West has increased within the last year. In Donegal, the average fee payable on behalf of an individual HSE nursing home resident is now €831 more than those in private…