The HSE are not addressing the 'biggest problem' in hospitals by asking workers to volunteers over the Bank Holiday. 'Staff are already burnt out from the last three years of excess demand.'
The HSE has asked healthcare workers to voluntarily work on the June Bank Holiday – but some say this doesn’t address the real issues.
“It will make care for individuals potentially better, but if they have no bed to go to once the decision is made to admit them to hospital, then the gridlock will continue,” he argued.Volunteerism “You can’t essentially flog [staff] harder to work over an extended period of time without some form of recompense.”
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