The Government vowed to increase the maximum penalty for assaulting healthcare staff. The INMO has revealed that over 800 nurses and midwives were assaulted in the first three months of 2023. Following the concerning figures, the Government vowed to increase the maximum penalty for assaulting nurses, midwives, and other frontline workers. INMO General Secretary, Phil […]
2 years ago
Terrible. A woman in Wexford has revealed that she was left alone in her home for 21 hours with no food or water due to a carer shortage. With many carers being absent due to Covid, Sharon Colgan, who has cerebral palsy was left stuck in her urine-soaked bed for almost 24 hours as she […]
3 years ago
The number has increased. Frontline staff in Ireland working in one of the biggest hospital groups have made 3,500 assault reports over the last seven years. According to Independent.ie, nurses and doctors in the Ireland East Hospital Group, who are responsible for 11 hospitals in Ireland, received thousands of verbal and physical attacks. The number of […]
4 years ago
A Government decision will be made this week. Thousands of public servants look set to have their working hours reduced following a recommendation from an independent body. The Government will make a decision later this week after examining the suggestions, which will see a minimum working week of 35 hours for public servants including nurses, educators, […]
4 years ago
Figures show an alarmingly high rate of abuse faced by healthcare workers doing their job. Irish nurses have suffered over 7,500 assaults at work since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, HSE figures show. Over the past seven years, 33,341 assaults on nurses were recorded – 7,737 of which took place in 2020 and 2021 […]
4 years ago
According to INMO, nurses at the hospital are facing “increased pressure” and “unsafe conditions”. Nurses at Dublin’s Connolly Hospital are set to protest this afternoon, The Irish Times reports. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has said that their members will highlight “excessive workloads” and “increasingly unsafe conditions”. In a statement, the group said […]
4 years ago