Press releases

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.

The monthly Trolleywatch figures compiled by the Irish Nurses and Midwives organisation show that numbers of patients on trolleys have almost doubled this October when compared to the same time period in 2020.  

At the Irish Congress of Trade Unions Biennial Delegate Conference, members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have spoken out against violence in the workplace.

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.