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Leo Varadkar said he would like to see the health services working more efficiently

More staff, greater productivity needed - Varadkar

Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has said he would prefer to have more staff working in the health service, rather than fewer staff earning more.

News • 07 May 15

More than 2,000 nurses and midwives were surveyed by the INMO

Survey finds rise in bullying of nurses, midwives

A large-scale survey of more than 2,000 nurses and midwives in Ireland suggests 6% of respondents are being bullied on a daily basis.

News • 14 Apr 15

Nurses in Mullingar hospital may stage a work-to-rule protest

Nurses to ballot for industrial action

Nurses at Midlands Regional Hospital in Mullingar are to ballot for industrial action next week.

News • 03 Feb 15

Members of the INMO and SIPTU attended the protest

Varadkar says trolley numbers at a seven-year low

Minister for Health Leo Varadkar has said trolley numbers today are at a seven-year low, comparing like with like.

News • 14 Jan 15

Work-to-rules will take place on 3 February

Nurses vote for work-to-rule at four hospitals

Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives' Organisation have voted to work-to-rule at Limerick University Hospital, Ennis, Nenagh and Croom on 3 February because of overcrowding.

News • 13 Jan 15

A work-to-rule will begin at Galway University Hospital on 3 February

Emergency department overcrowding eases

The overcrowding crisis in hospital emergency departments has eased today with 363 patients waiting to be admitted to a bed.

News • 12 Jan 15

Nurses protested at lunchtime at Beaumont Hospital

Beaumont nurses protest over overcrowding

Nurses from the emergency department at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin have protested over the "unsafe overcrowding situation" in the hospital.

News • 09 Jan 15

The INMO said adding extra beds will only push the problem 'up the house'

Woods to replace O'Connell in HSE role

The Health Service Executive has confirmed Liam Woods will be appointed Interim National Director for Acute Hospitals when Dr Tony O'Connell leaves the post at the end of this month.

News • 09 Jan 15

The INMO, SIPTU and the Psychiatric Nurses' Association were involved in the protest

Nurses and midwives protest over registration fee

More than 1,000 nurses and midwives from three unions held a protest at the offices of the Nursing and Midwifery Board in Blackrock in Dublin.

News • 18 Nov 14

The INMO says there has been an increase in overcrowding at Naas hospital

Nurses protest over Naas hospital overcrowding

Nurses and midwives at Naas General Hospital are staging a protest to highlight overcrowding at the hospital, staff shortages and what they claim is inadequate bed capacity.

News • 10 Nov 14

The INMO said 38 patients were placed in additional beds and on trolleys around the hospital today

INMO calls for emergency plan at Limerick hospital

The INMO is calling for a major emergency plan to be implemented at University Hospital Limerick to bring about a level of control and safety at the hospital's emergency department.

News • 30 Sep 14

Concerns raised over overcrowding and staff shortages

Drogheda: Nurses in protest over overcrowding

More than 70 nurses took part in a hour long protest at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda to highlight concerns over the number of patients on trolleys in the Emergency Department.

News • 20 Aug 14

University Hospital Limerick was one of the hospitals that saw significant increases in emergency department overcrowding

INMO reports 8% rise in hospital overcrowding

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has said there was an 8% increase in overcrowding in hospitals in July, with five hospitals recording a "significant increase".

News • 08 Aug 14

The INMO protesting outside the Nigerian Embassy in Dublin

INMO protest in support of Nigerian schoolgirls

Nurses and midwives staged a protest outside the Nigerian Embassy in Dublin in support of the 276 schoolgirls who were kidnapped in April.

News • 12 Jun 14

The INMO said the proposals to change staff ratios are unsafe

HSE denies changes will compromise patient care

The Health Service Executive has denied claims by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation that proposals to change work practices in the health service will compromise patient care.

News • 19 May 14

The Government has been urged to introduce mandatory safe staffing levels

INMO seeks safe staffing levels

The Irish Nurses and Midwives' Organisation has called for one nurse to every four patients in busy acute wards.

News • 08 May 14

Liam Doran said the Government needs to know there is no further room for cuts in the health system

INMO wants staffing moratorium lifted

General Secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation Liam Doran has called on the Government to lift the moratorium on staffing.

News • 07 May 14

The INMO earlier called for the hospital to go off call for at least 24 hours

INMO warns of dangerous overcrowding at Drogheda

The Irish Midwives and Nurses Organisation has warned that overcrowding reached dangerous levels today at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.

News • 11 Mar 14

A meeting is to take place with hospital management on Friday

Unions express concerns over Tallaght Hospital

The Irish Nurses and Midwives' Organisation and SIPTU have expressed "grave concerns" about overcrowding and staffing levels at Tallaght Hospital in Dublin.

News • 05 Feb 14

The number of patients on trolleys in hospitals waiting for admission to a bed continues to increase

HSE promises new beds to ease trolley numbers

The HSE has said that it will introduce new beds in the community this week to ensure more hospital patients are discharged, to accommodate extra patients coming into emergency departments.

News • 08 Jan 14

University Hospital Limerick had 39 patients on trolleys today according to the INMO

INMO says 461 patients on hospital trolleys

There were 461 patients on trolleys in hospital emergency departments or on wards today waiting for admission to a bed, according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

News • 07 Jan 14

The INMO said a HSE memo contradicts assurances the union was given

INMO to probe nurse recruitment scheme terms

The INMO has said it will ask the Labour Relations Commission to intervene over claims that newly-qualified nurses were only to be recruited on a graduate scheme that pays less than full pay rates.

News • 01 Aug 13

Liam Doran said 1,000 graduate nursing places commencing in September are in addition to normal nursing places

INMO concerned over Haddington Road interpretation

The INMO has written to the HSE expressing concern over the way it appears to be interpreting the Haddington Road Agreement with regard to the new graduate nurse programme.

News • 31 Jul 13

The Government is to press ahead with legislation to impose payroll savings in the public service as a 'contingency measure'

Ten unions agree 'in principle' to pay deal - LRC

Labour Relations Commission Chief Executive Kieran Mulvey believes there is agreement in principle with ten unions who previously voted No to Croke Park II.

News • 14 May 13

Delegates yesterday backed industrial action if further cuts are imposed

Reilly greeted with silence at INMO conference

Minister for Health James Reilly was greeted with silence when he arrived at the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation conference in Letterkenny.

News • 10 May 13

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