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fromIndependent
2 days ago

Revealed: The massive HSE spend on weight-loss jabs like Ozempic - and which area is availing of the drugs most

Public healthcare spending on Ozempic and similar weight-loss injections exceeded €200 million in under three years, funded by taxpayers.
fromIndependent
2 months ago

HSE facing bill of more than 720m for agency workers as thousands of staff jobs remain unfilled

'Unacceptable' that HSE is spending €124m on agency nurses, while 1,096 funded posts are vacant, TD says The HSE is on course to spend more than €720m hiring agency workers this year while not filling more than 3,700 staff jobs for which it has funding. Agency workers cover a wide range of services and are hired daily to provide medical and nursing care, administrative duties, as well as general support and other patient care.
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