Conor Lenihan (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

Options that will be explored with staff over the coming weeks will be the following — redeployment to immediate funded vacancies in the acute hospitals and to primary, continuing and community care in the north east; career support and up-skilling of certain staff where appropriate; transfer to some immediate service vacancies, for example, the medical assessment unit in Cavan General Hospital; posts to support the delivery of the packages of care and additional posts to accommodate the 37.5 hour working week.

A proposed framework has been put together by the HSE in order to facilitate the above and this will be discussed with the union and staff representative bodies.

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