The INMO’s Executive Council has called for urgent government intervention in the health service.

Including Safety at work; Members with long-term COVID-related illness; Safety policy changes – communication problems; Childcare

New “critical emergency” protocols are needed in the HSE to deal with this phase of the pandemic, the INMO’s Executive Council said today.

Staffing levels in Ireland’s health service are “in freefall”, the INMO has warned today.

Childcare alternatives must be in place for frontline healthcare workers during school closures, the INMO has said.

Nursing and midwifery students have strongly criticised a report into their treatment during the pandemic released tonight.

Student representatives, who met this evening, said that the report does not reflect the high-COVID risk Irish hospitals now pose, nor the work they will be asked to do in the coming weeks and months.