The INMO has today (Friday) written to the HSE calling for urgent curtailment of services in Cork University Hospital. 
 

Following the announcement by HSE Chief Executive Officer, Paul Reid, that he is seeking a derogation for healthcare workers to be exempt from the new five-day rule to self-isolate if a member of their household becomes infected with COVID-19, the National Joint Council group of healthcare unions have written to the HSE opposing this plan. 

It has been a busy week for the INMO between lobbying successfully for the vaccine booster to be provided to nurses and midwives and our extremely well-attended demonstration outside of Dáil Éireann for our student nurses and midwives. 

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has called for the Government and HSE to publish the long-awaited winter plan for the health service. 

Following today’s student nurses and midwives demonstration the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has called on the Minister for Health to provide an independent report to the INMO on behalf of student nurses and midwives which considered their claims for full restoration of previous pay cuts for those in their internship year and improved conditions for those on clinical placement.

Check out the November 2021 issue of WIN magazine. The World of Irish Nursing and Midwifery.