The agency expenditure totals in respect of University Hospital Waterford, for each of the last three years can be seen in the table below.
Year
|
€ expenditure
|
2013
|
3,597,747.50
|
2014
|
6,289,020,99
|
2015
|
5,145,766.47
|
The November HSE Performance Report stated that in 2015 a particular focus was given to reducing agency costs and overtime. Overall, agency costs are falling in the HSE. The November figure of just over €26 million was a €1.2 million reduction on the October figure, a decrease for a second consecutive month. The November Year To Date expenditure of €304.1m was down by approximately €7m or 2.3% on the 2014 November year to date figure.
The reduction has been greater in the acute sector where agency expenditure reduced from €208 million year to date in November 2014 to €189 million year to date in November 2015.