The annual All-Ireland Midwifery Conference is being jointly hosted by the INMO and the Royal College of Midwives Northern Ireland today Thursday 16^th November in Monaghan.

This morning the HSE CEO Mr. Bernard Gloster announced that the current recruitment freeze affecting clerical grades would be extended until the end of the year across all HSE grades, including many of our members’ grades. 

The Staff Panel group of unions of the National Joint Council in the Irish Health Service was this morning (Friday) informed of the intention of HSE CEO Mr Bernard Gloster to announce the recruitment embargo on all appointments of staff in the HSE to be extended until the 31st of December 2023. 

Over 10,538 patients including 273 children went without a bed in October according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Meeting Acute Hospital Reps; Recruitment Freeze, LRC - Expert Review into Nursing & Midwifery & Long Covid.

The INMO has called for urgent action on staff safety in light of record overcrowding during this year’s European Health and Safety at Work week.