# midwives - Sunday 17 January, 2021
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Clinical placements for most student nurses and midwives – due to start tomorrow – have been suspended.
# midwives - Tuesday 23 June, 2020
# FRONTLINE WORKERS
# FRONTLINE WORKERS
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar this evening suggested that the figures provided by the INMO were wrong.
# midwives - Thursday 23 April, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
The INMO pointed out that many of its members are lone parents or have partners who are also working on the frontline.
# midwives - Tuesday 24 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Hundreds of student nurses are set to begin their unpaid work placements this month.
# midwives - Friday 28 June, 2019
# Hospital Attacks
# Hospital Attacks
Of the 279 assaults, 249 were on nurses and midwives.
# midwives - Thursday 2 May, 2019
# Nurses Strike
# Nurses Strike
Members of the INMO voted 62% in favour of accepting the proposals.
# midwives - Saturday 9 February, 2019
# Strike
# Strike
About 37,000 INMO members are engaging in strike action over pay and staffing levels.
# Strike
# Strike
The strike is set to enter its third week as supporters gather at the Garden of Remembrance this afternoon.
# midwives - Thursday 7 February, 2019
# Industrial Unrest
# Industrial Unrest
Three more strikes are due to take place next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday.
# midwives - Tuesday 5 February, 2019
# Nurses Strike
# Nurses Strike
Meanwhile, the HSE has said that 50,000 patients will be affected this week.
# midwives - Tuesday 29 January, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Midwives didn’t pick the job for the money, but they want their skills to get the same recognition as other healthcare professionals, Maeve Gaynor writes.
# midwives - Thursday 17 January, 2019
# Strike
# Strike
Nurses are set to go on strike this month and next in a dispute over pay and conditions.
# midwives - Saturday 12 January, 2019
# Your Say
# Your Say
They often have to work in very difficult circumstances.
# midwives - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
# Nurses Strike
# Nurses Strike
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have announced a 24-hour strike for 30 January.
# midwives - Tuesday 8 January, 2019
# Strike
# Strike
Further strike days will follow in February if the dispute goes unresolved, the INMO says.
# INMO
# INMO
“The last thing the health service needs is a strike,” Health Minister Simon Harris said yesterday.
# midwives - Tuesday 25 December, 2018
# Doctors And Nurses
# Doctors And Nurses
Doctors, nurses, midwives and others will be working across the country today and throughout the week.
# midwives - Wednesday 19 December, 2018
# Your Say
# Your Say
The INMO is set to announce dates for the 24-hour stoppages in the new year.
# midwives - Tuesday 18 December, 2018
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
The INMO said today that 95% of of its members had voted in favour of strike action.
# midwives - Tuesday 6 November, 2018
# Strike
# Strike
If the ballot is passed, they will start with a 24-hour work stoppage and escalate their action the following week.
# midwives - Saturday 27 October, 2018
# Equal Pay For Equal Work
# Equal Pay For Equal Work
The INMO said “the public sector simply isn’t offering the going rate for the job”.
# midwives - Tuesday 4 September, 2018
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
The report said that there were issues around recruiting consultants with certain specialities in specific areas.
# midwives - Sunday 6 May, 2018
# Staff Morale
# Staff Morale
At a recent conference, representatives from the maternity sector spoke about how negative media coverage affects morale.
# midwives - Friday 5 May, 2017
# Full Time Whistle
# Full Time Whistle
Staffing and retention are two key issues that nearly led to industrial action in the nursing sector earlier this year.
# midwives - Friday 7 April, 2017
# Stable Condition
# Stable Condition
Health Minister Simon Harris has said that the measures offer nurses and midwives “enhanced opportunities to advance their careers”.
# midwives - Wednesday 28 December, 2016
# Vacancies
# Vacancies
Industrial action is looming in the new year as nurses claim they are understaffed and overworked.
# midwives - Tuesday 29 November, 2016
# Call The Midwife
# Call The Midwife
They have voted in favour of action up to and including the complete withdrawal of labour.
# midwives - Friday 4 November, 2016
# Trouble And Strike
# Trouble And Strike
Bodies representing thousands of workers are calling for talks following the offer made to gardaí.
# midwives - Saturday 12 March, 2016
# Gestational Diabetes
# Gestational Diabetes
About 8,000 women in Ireland develop gestational diabetes every year.
# midwives - Monday 7 December, 2015
# Tough Environment
# Tough Environment
A new report also found trainees who gained their medical qualification outside Ireland rated learning environments significantly more highly.
# midwives - Friday 21 August, 2015
# No Progress
# No Progress
The INMO says Cork University Hospital continues to operate at almost full capacity.
# midwives - Thursday 23 July, 2015
# Vacancies
# Vacancies
It is seeking to attract up to 500 people and it is hoped it will encourage Irish nurses working abroad to come home.
# midwives - Sunday 24 May, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Maternity staff are being asked to deal with far, far more births than they can safely handle in hospitals up and down the country.
# midwives - Saturday 3 January, 2015
# Nmbi
# Nmbi
The Health Minister said he is monitoring the situation but can’t step in.
# midwives - Monday 29 December, 2014
# Not Happy
# Not Happy
The Nurses and Midwifery Board of Ireland denied it has been ‘threatening’ members.
# midwives - Thursday 6 November, 2014
# Overcrowding
# Overcrowding
The INMO said it is concerned about hospitals coping with the winter demand.
# midwives - Monday 3 November, 2014
# Trolleys
# Trolleys
INMO has said its members are “extremely worried at what lies ahead for the winter months”.
# midwives - Monday 13 October, 2014
# Pay Dispute
# Pay Dispute
The strike follows a rejection by the government of an across-the-board pay rise for workers.
# midwives - Monday 29 September, 2014
# Practice Makes Perfect
# Practice Makes Perfect
The centre will recreate real life clinical scenarios using simulation models.
# Midlands Regional
# Midlands Regional
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has called on the HSE to immediately recruit more staff at MRHM.
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