The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) says that a zero tolerance policy is necessary to tackle assaults against nurses and midwives. The organisation stated more than 10 nurses experience “some kind of physical, verbal, or sexual assault in their workplace every day” in response to the Government’s decision to increase the maximum penalty for … Read more
Ten assaults on HSE nurses and midwives are reportedly committed daily, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organization. The INMO will inform the Oireachtas Health Committee next week that the Health and Safety Authority is not doing enough to safeguard hospital employees from an increase in violent and aggressive incidents. There have been reported … Read more
Student nurses and midwives are to get extra allowances for meals and subsistence, as part of a €9 million package first recommended in a 2021 review report. For the extra costs of meals associated with practise placements outside of the student’s core placement site, nurses and midwives will receive €500 per year from the start … Read more
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has called for increased security across all areas of hospital campuses. This comes as figures reveal that over 5 nurses were physically, verbally or sexually assaulted a day in the month of June. In 2021 the Health and Safety Authority recorded 7477 inspections but only 446 inspections in health and … Read more
A new report to increase the number of emergency department nurses and healthcare assistants has been published by the Department of Health. Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly launched the Report on Phase 2 of the “Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix in Adult Emergency Care Settings in Ireland”. This report sets out, for … Read more
Migrant Nurses Ireland (MNI) has been invited by NMBI (Nursing And Midwifery Board Of Ireland) yesterday, 10th March for a lunch to take MNI’s input to the 2023 – 2025 strategy statement, as NMBI is seeing MNI as an important stakeholder. MNI raised a number of important issues in the meeting which were listened to very … Read more
HSE Mid West Community Healthcare have immediate vacancies for Full-time and Part-time Staff Nurses Clinical Nurse Managers 1 Clinical Nurse Managers 2 The roles are based in Older Persons Residential Services across the Mid West in counties Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary. Successful applicants will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering older person’s services … Read more
Migrant Nurses Ireland (MNI) is appealing to Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), to combat delay in NMBI registration process for overseas nurses. Currently, the process to confirm decision letter takes up to eight months and no proper communications are made from the side of NMBI, the nurses complain. Overseas nurses, including those from … Read more
After the monthslong demand for the recognition of healthcare workers by unions, the government has finally agreed to offer them extra leave and non-taxable vouchers for their work during the pandemic. The news comes after Fórsa, the Irish Nurses and Midwives’ Organisation and Siptu wrote a letter to Taoiseach Micheal Martin about the issue and … Read more