Member updates

Following a secret ballot conducted in person between 15^th October and 26^th of November, INMO members have voted in favour of industrial action

The General Election is set to be called in the coming week. We need all political parties and individuals who aspire to be in Government to make firm commitments to safe nurse and midwife staffing. Knowing which of your local candidates will make the right decisions for you, your colleagues and our profession might not always be clear. That’s why we’re encouraging as many nurses and midwives as possible to speak with door-to-door party canvassers about the issues facing you and your colleagues.

The Executive Council will provide some assistance for two INMO members who may wish to travel to this worldwide gathering of nurses. 

Irish nurses and midwives have been expressing their deep concerns about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation renewed our call for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East. 

As you are aware the INMO, and the other Unions have been objecting to the employment control process currently in place, referred to by the HSE as “Pay & Numbers Strategy”. As a result of this Pay & Numbers Strategy posts within the services which you work are not being filled or replaced.  In addition, the number of staff within your Departments and Units is being further reduced by the number of vacancies that existed but were not occupied within the HSE at the end of December 2023...

As you are aware the HSE has now imposed strict curtailments in respect of recruitment and the filling of posts. They have also issued instructions to the HSE regions that the posts not physically occupied in December 2023 can no longer be considered vacant positions and are cut. No consultation has taken place with healthcare unions on this. When this announcement was made in July all unions objected and raised the issue as a disputed plan, yet there has been no change to the HSE's position despite all health sector unions opposing this and raising concerns for staff safety and by extension ability to provide safe care to patients...