HSE chief Bernard Gloster says action ‘regrettable’ and would breach terms of public sector pay deal
Bernard Gloster said hospitals have submitted rosters for the upcoming bank hoiliday weekend that would improve decision making in emergency departments and across services generally. Photograph: Alan Betson
It will impact the HSE and hospitals such as St Vincent’s and the Mater in Dublin and Cork University Hospital, with big disruption to services forecast should the action go ahead. “Nurses, midwives and other safety-critical professionals within the public health service must have a greater say in how hospital wards and community care areas are staffed.”
“Right throughout the period the number of nurses, doctors and allied health professionals have continued to grow. But I think there has been a view created that that somehow all recruitment stopped in late 2023 and nothing has happened since.” Mr Gloster said every hospital in the State had submitted rosters for the upcoming bank holiday weekend that would improve decision making in emergency departments and across services generally.
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