The Irish Nurses and Midwives has announced that it will ballot its members for industrial action, up to and including strike action, following the Government’s failure to establish a clear basis for negotiations on a new public sector pay agreement...

Responding to an external review into HIQA’s inspection powers by Mazars, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has said the Minister for Health must make the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill a legislative priority. 

Trolley figures remain high this month according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation as 9,612 admitted patients spent time on trolleys waiting for a bed in June.