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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