HSE instructs ‘top-ups’ for doctors should be stopped

The HSE has instructed that “top-up” allowances being paid to senior doctors in voluntary hospitals in Dublin should be abolished within three months.

The HSE is also understood to have rejected applications by voluntary hospitals and health agencies to continue paying “top-ups” to a number of administrators.

None of the 11 business cases submitted by the St Vincent’s Hospital Group to continue making additional payments on top of salary to senior clinicians were accepted by the HSE as part of its current clampdown on “top-ups”. The group operates St Vincent’s University Hospital in Elm Park and St Michael’s Hospital in Dún Laoghaire. (Times) >