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Local candidate says HSE embargo impacting on Leitrim healthcare

Jun 4, 2024 09:45 By Shannonside News
Local candidate says HSE embargo impacting on Leitrim healthcare
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The HSE put the freeze in place last year after its chief executive, Bernard Gloster, said the level of state funding wasn't adequate.

It's claimed over one in five healthcare vacancies in Leitrim can't be filled because of the ongoing recruitment embargo. The HSE put the freeze in place last year after its chief executive, Bernard Gloster, said the level of state funding wasn't adequate.

Green Party local elections candidate in Carrick-on-Shannon, Leslie O'Hora, says there is a shortage of staff across the board as a result. He says there is a lack of doctors, nurses, physios, dieticians and other experts:

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