The INMO has called for urgent action to reopen Bantry General Hospital to new admissions.

Health service unions have strongly criticised the HSE for a lack of “tangible recognition” of healthcare workers’ role in the fight against COVID

More trolleys have been placed on wards and corridors in University Hospital Limerick in recent days as overcrowding continues, the INMO has warned.

We ask for your support in progressing the claim for tangible recognition for healthcare workers due to the incredible work done and sacrifices made during the pandemic

INMO members in the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar will protest outside the hospital today (Monday) against understaffing and an excessive workload – which they warn is compromising patient care.

Pressure across the health service continues to grow. Despite government and HSE insistence that the health service is “coping”, the clear message from the frontlines and the INMO is that pressure is excessive, rosters are depleted due to long term absence and inability to secure replacement normally available via an agency- as many agency staff have been recruited to vaccination centres.