Unsafe staffing has become the norm. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation represents over 40,000 nurses and midwives across the country. Today, over 350 of its members will begin the Union’s annual conference in Killarney, Co Kerry. More than 50 motions will be discussed but high on their agenda is hospital overcrowding and the recruitment […]
2 years ago
Most are set to be in The Mater Hospital. Hospital inpatient capacity is set to be increased by only 162 beds this year despite a all-time record budget from the Department of Health. The Irish Times has reported that the HSE has confirmed of the 261 inpatient beds announced in this year’s capital plan, 99 […]
2 years ago
Ireland’s healthcare system has been buckling under pressure for too long. There has been uproar in Ireland following the passing of 10-year-old Vivienne Murphy. Vivienne passed away after contracting Strep A in 2019, but her parents have recently spoken out about her untimely death in a bid to raise awareness about Strep A, as well […]
2 years ago
“This is 30 beds less than this time last year.” Almost 30 beds in mental health units for children and adolescents have been shut over the last year as nurses continue to emigrate from Ireland. General secretary of the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA), Peter Hughes, told its annual conference that over the past year, there […]
3 years ago