Responding to reports that the National Immunisation Advisory Committee has not recommended booster shots for healthcare workers at this time, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is calling on the Government to include healthcare workers in their plans for an immediate rollout of the booster vaccination programme, as a health and safety imperative. The INMO has also requested the Health and Safety Authority to reinforce the risk mitigation requirements of the Biological Hazards Directive which is now transposed into Irish law.

On World Menopause Day, the INMO has published results of a member survey on experiences of menopause, in which most respondents (82%) stated they had considered leaving work due to menopausal symptoms, with more than 1 in 10 (12%) of respondents already leaving or having left their profession as a result.

Pressure across our health service is continuing to grow. We are seeing pre-pandemic numbers of patients on trolleys this week. 

Responding to Health measures announced in Budget 2022, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has said that not enough detail has been outlined by the Minister and his Department in relation to the allocation of spending for the year ahead.

Commenting on Budget 2022, the INMO has called for the allocation to health spending to be used efficiently. 

INMO members in Connolly Hospital will protest outside the hospital on Monday to highlight excessive workloads and consequential increasingly unsafe conditions.