More than 11 nurses and midwives assaulted daily, union conference told
Nurses call for more security and CCTV amid rise in assaults and abuse
Phil Ní Sheaghdha
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Analysis: Patients will be the real winners says HSE chief as threat to service disruption this week is lifted
HSE and unions to meet again on Saturday after WRC talks fail to produce agreement
Unless compromise can be reached, 80,000 healthcare workers will begin work-to-rule on Monday
Nurses in North join call for emergency plan to tackle ED overcrowding
Director of Royal College of Nursing (NI) believes Northern Ireland faring ‘slightly worse’ than Republic
HSE focus now on finances rather than patient safety, says nurses’ organisation
Recruitment becoming more difficult, says INMO ahead of lunchtime protests over staff shortages
Despite HSE claims of record staff numbers, unions say hospital levels are insufficient
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
Budgets being put ahead of patient safety by Government, claims INMO
Nurses’ union’s annual conference at Croke Park in Dublin hears HSE recruitment embargo affecting safe staffing levels
Unions call for prompt payment of public sector pay increases after deal is ratified
Ballots at State’s biggest unions record margins of more than 90 per cent in favour
Strikes over public pay remain likely if agreement not quickly reached in talks, says INMO
General secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha told conference ongoing delays represent ‘a gamble’ with workers frustrated by failure to reach deal
Findings of Government-backed Covid inquiry need to be acted upon, UCD conference told
Former chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan says it is important a broad discussion takes place on the model of care that people in Ireland want in the future
Nurses’ union says 2023 is worst year on record for hospital overcrowding
So far this year 121,526 patients have been admitted to hospital without a bed, says INMO
Record number of hospital patients waited on trolleys during August - INMO
Nurses’ union warns over high Trolley Watch count during traditionally quieter period
HSE’s measures to cut trolley numbers won’t work, INMO chief warns
New targets aim for no more than 320 patients waiting for admission at 8am each morning
Pat Leahy: Nurses are entitled to make their case but the Government has a different job
State is unexpectedly flush with cash; it’s in the national interest to ensure this is spent wisely
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