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Tue 01 Jan 2009Partnership process put to test
Unions and HSE management may have agreed a framework for new work practices, but there is still a long way to go, if the €320 million cost-saving target is to be reached, writes Martin Wall, Industry Correspondent
TRADE UNION leaders and management in the Health Service Executive (HSE) believe the new framework agreement for implementing highly controversial work practice changes and cost-containment measures in the health service could prove to be hugely challenging for all sides and represent a real test of the partnership process.
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