I was just reading that in the Business Post that:
"Thanks to generous benchmarking awards over the past few years, pension costs and overtime, pay now takes up more than two-thirds of the overall health budget."
and that:
"In most of the major Dublin hospitals, pay costs account for between 75 and 80 per cent of the overall budget."
This is surely unsustainable. Crazy in fact. I don't envy Mary Harney trying to sort that out. Does anyone know how that compares to health budget division in other EU countries?
"Thanks to generous benchmarking awards over the past few years, pension costs and overtime, pay now takes up more than two-thirds of the overall health budget."
and that:
"In most of the major Dublin hospitals, pay costs account for between 75 and 80 per cent of the overall budget."
This is surely unsustainable. Crazy in fact. I don't envy Mary Harney trying to sort that out. Does anyone know how that compares to health budget division in other EU countries?