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
INMO says 102 patients were on trolleys and in wards awaiting beds on Wednesday, although this was down 21 on the previous morning
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation releases ‘conservative’ figures to coincide with Workers’ Memorial Day
Death follows the case of Aoife Johnston (16), who died at the hospital in December 2022
Nursing union says persistent overcrowding damaging morale of staff trying to provide safe care in ‘an extremely trying environment’
To get the required number of nurses and midwives ‘there must be a laser-like focus on recruitment and retention measures’, INMO says
Majority of employees covered by agreement reached in October to avert strike action have not yet received promised pay increases
First salary increase to take effect his month with those on lowest incomes set to receive up to 17.3 per cent by 2027, says Donohoe
Pay and hours have been restored in most cases - but for some teachers, nurses and others, the status quo never returned
General secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha told conference ongoing delays represent ‘a gamble’ with workers frustrated by failure to reach deal
Medical Council says 2016 deal to transfer common tasks to nurses has not been implemented
Forsa union chief Kevin Callinan says opening offer from Government side was ‘extremely disappointing’
Agreement on several issues is generally regarded as being within striking distance but ‘nothing is agreed until everything is agreed’
Nurses’ ‘trolley watch’ numbers suggest 42 people were awaiting admission as organisation counts differently to HSE
Exact prevalence of Covid not known as only limited testing carried out but flu levels remain well below those recorded this time last year
So far this year 121,526 patients have been admitted to hospital without a bed, says INMO
Situation in hospitals is historically worse at Christmas, says INMO, while fire brigade issues warning over overcharging electrical items and using candles
Some 5,000 staff were due to take indefinite action as part of a long-running dispute before recent deal was reached
Overcrowding in paediatric hospitals leaves ‘simply no way’ to safely treat sick children, INMO says
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation said the figure should be a ‘wake up call’ to ensure record breaking trolley numbers are not reached over the coming weeks
Both sides want new deal with Donohoe indicating preference for one that would extend over two or more years
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