Childcare alternatives must be in place for frontline healthcare workers during school closures, the INMO has said.

Nursing and midwifery students have strongly criticised a report into their treatment during the pandemic released tonight.

Student representatives, who met this evening, said that the report does not reflect the high-COVID risk Irish hospitals now pose, nor the work they will be asked to do in the coming weeks and months.

Ireland’s hospitals are now under “extreme” pressure due to a surge in COVID cases, the INMO has warned.

The union has been contacted by concerned frontline members across the country this weekend, pointing to a major increase in the number of patients presenting, along with high levels of staff out on COVID leave or for self-isolation.

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