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13/01/2015
Nurses And Midwives Support Strike Action
Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) have voted in favour of commencing strike action.
Members in the University Hospitals Group including Limerick, Ennis, Nenagh And Croom Hospitals voted 93% in favour of taking the action, due to "severe overcrowding."
The action will take the form of a work to rule and will commence on Tuesday, February 3. The restrictions will mean nurses will not perform any administrative, clerical or non-clinical tasks. They will only engage in their direct care duties involving the provision of clinical care to patients.
The INMO said the action was being taken in response to "unabated overcrowding" at the University Hospital Limerick including the Emergency Department, a claim for additional nurses for the Emergency Department, additional trolleys and beds on in-patient wards.
The INMO also pointed to a "failure" of the Health Service Executive (HSE) to recruit additional nurses prior to the opening of a 23 bedded ward in the hospital.
It also said the HSE was planning to open decommissioned beds in Ennis and Nenagh Hospitals without any additional nurses or support staff.
INMO Industrial Relations Officer, Mary Fogarty, said: "All of the above are issues of patient safety which the INMO has raised directly with the HSE. We acknowledge that additional bed capacity is required in the region but equally this requires the recruitment of nurses, and other support staff, for all proposed new in-patient areas.
"93% of all members have given a strong message to the HSE to heed their concerns on safety and act in the best interests of patients by ensuring that all wards are safely staffed."
(IT/JP)
Members in the University Hospitals Group including Limerick, Ennis, Nenagh And Croom Hospitals voted 93% in favour of taking the action, due to "severe overcrowding."
The action will take the form of a work to rule and will commence on Tuesday, February 3. The restrictions will mean nurses will not perform any administrative, clerical or non-clinical tasks. They will only engage in their direct care duties involving the provision of clinical care to patients.
The INMO said the action was being taken in response to "unabated overcrowding" at the University Hospital Limerick including the Emergency Department, a claim for additional nurses for the Emergency Department, additional trolleys and beds on in-patient wards.
The INMO also pointed to a "failure" of the Health Service Executive (HSE) to recruit additional nurses prior to the opening of a 23 bedded ward in the hospital.
It also said the HSE was planning to open decommissioned beds in Ennis and Nenagh Hospitals without any additional nurses or support staff.
INMO Industrial Relations Officer, Mary Fogarty, said: "All of the above are issues of patient safety which the INMO has raised directly with the HSE. We acknowledge that additional bed capacity is required in the region but equally this requires the recruitment of nurses, and other support staff, for all proposed new in-patient areas.
"93% of all members have given a strong message to the HSE to heed their concerns on safety and act in the best interests of patients by ensuring that all wards are safely staffed."
(IT/JP)
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