Nurses who contracted long Covid remain trapped in a post-pandemic freeze frame, battling extreme fatigue, brain fog, weakened immunity, headaches and pain
Nurses call for more security and CCTV amid rise in assaults and abuse
Nurses working in Cork and Dublin spending up to 77% of wages on rent
Staffing was a major concern in terms of staff and patient safety, according to survey of members
Increase worth 9.25 per cent over two years for carers employed by organisations providing services for HSE
Analysis: Patients will be the real winners says HSE chief as threat to service disruption this week is lifted
Decision follows 22 hours of engagement at Workplace Relations Commission
Unless compromise can be reached, 80,000 healthcare workers will begin work-to-rule on Monday
Dispute centres on 'inadequate' staffing levels in health service and a ceiling on total pay and workforce numbers
Other healthcare unions to attend meetings on Thursday but will not defer next week’s industrial action
More than 80,000 employees set to embark on work-to-rule at end of March
Thousands of workers at more than 20 organisations vote to take next step over pay and conditions
Proposed increase of just over 3,500 to staff numbers is intended to cater for new services and so will not address outstanding issues, unions say
Director of Royal College of Nursing (NI) believes Northern Ireland faring ‘slightly worse’ than Republic
‘Peak flu’ expected in next fortnight as HSE reiterates advice on hand hygiene and cough etiquette
Votes raise the prospect of serious disruption to services early in the new year
Issues in long-running dispute brought to national attention by encounter between Charlotte Fallon and Taoiseach
Stephen Donnelly says the deal will be ethical and in line with WHO and OECD guidelines
INMO members to commence ballot for industrial action on Monday in protest at employment ceiling introduced in the HSE
Recruitment becoming more difficult, says INMO ahead of lunchtime protests over staff shortages
rish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and Fórsa among a wider group of unions critical of the limits on recruitment and overall staffing levels
More people employed than ever before with substantial growth in recent years, says Health Service Executive
Latest data reveal the highest level of emigration down under from the Republic of Ireland since 2013, with numbers returning decreasing
Action being taken because HSE has failed to implement recommendations intended to address issues involved, Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says
Health service chief recently told senior managers staffing ‘now at a level not previously seen and continues to grow’
Management says nearly 25,000 more health workers than in 2019 but unions argue posts vacant at the end of last year have effectively been suppressed
Agencies making millions at cost of poor workforce planning, says nurses union representative
Minister for Health denied the timing of the announcement on Thursday of a new assessment of emergency department services in the midwest was an election stunt
Martin dismisses ‘so-called recruitment embargo’, says needs to be a focus on ‘deployment and outcomes’
Motion defeated following lengthy debate marked by stark divisions of opinion at INMO conference at Croke Park
Palestinian ambassador to Ireland describes impact of Israel’s ‘vicious war’ on region’s healthcare system
Nurses’ union’s annual conference at Croke Park in Dublin hears HSE recruitment embargo affecting safe staffing levels
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation survey finds more than half experience pressure to work additional hours because of staffing levels
HSE will not agree to make appointments to many replacement positions until Minister authorizes figure for the total number it can have on the payroll following criticism of recruitment levels for last year
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