INMO Midwives To Consider Industrial Action
Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) who work at the University Maternity Hospital Limerick are to meet to consider a ballot for industrial action. Midwives are deeply frustrated by the failure of the HSE to address notified clinical governance concerns flagged in January 2015 and to implement an agreement brokered at […]
INMO Welcomes Launch Of National Maternity Strategy 2016 – 2026
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) warmly welcomes the launch today, by Minister for Health, Mr Leo Varadkar TD, of the country’s first National Maternity Strategy “Creating a Better Future Together” for the period 2016-2026. The Midwives Section, of the INMO, particularly welcomes the recognition, within the strategy, of the need to give pregnant […]
INMO Welcomes Launch Of National Maternity Strategy
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) warmly welcomes the launch by Minister for Health, Mr Leo Varadkar TD, of the country’s first National Maternity Strategy “Creating a Better Future Together” for the period 2016-2026. The Midwives Section, of the INMO, particularly welcomes the recognition, within the strategy, of the need to give pregnant […]
INMO Protest at Dáil 22 September
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), as part of its ‘Campaign for Excellence’ in Intellectual Disability (ID) Services, will hold a lunchtime protest, outside the Dáil, at 1.00pm, 22nd September 2015. This Campaign for Excellence, which has been organised by the Registered Nurses Intellectual Disability (RNID) Section of the INMO, has two broad […]
Hospital overcrowding in August up 40% on August 2014
6,518 patients on trolleys in August The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), following its monthly comparative survey, has found that in August there were 6,518 admitted patients, left on trolleys, which represents a 40% increase when compared to August 2014. This 40% increase, year on year, continues the very disturbing trend, all […]
INMO Appeal to Public to join them at Protest Outside Dáil on 14th January
INMO APPEAL TO PUBLIC TO PROTEST OUTSIDE DÁIL – We must put an end to the appalling indignity of hospital overcrowding The INMO today called for patient groups and members of the public to join them in their protest at what they described as the appalling overcrowding of our hospitals. The protest will be […]
ALONE propose solutions to Government to free up acute hospital beds
ALONE, the charity that supports older people in need, are calling on the government to address the hospital trolley crisis by providing more housing with supports, more nursing home beds and more step down facilities and care in the community in order to free up the acute hospital beds as well as providing appropriate care […]
Latest HSE Figures Confirm Development Of Management “Super” Structures
INMO calls on Department of Health to review senior management structures In the view of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), the latest figures on staffing, released today by the Irish Times, confirm the fundamentally flawed policy which has underpinned workforce planning, in the health service, for the last five years. Confirmation […]
INMO to Participate in Croke Park Extension Talks – Existing rates of pay not up for review
The Executive Council of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has decided to participate in the discussions on a possible extension to the existing Croke Park agreement, following the invitation from Government. This decision was taken following a detailed review of both the Government’s recent statements on further swifter public service reform, and […]
INMO Calls on Mmembers to Protest Against Austerity in the Helath Service
Liam Doran, General Secretary of the country’s largest Nurse and Midwife Union, the INMO, today called on his members to come out on the streets to protest against further cuts in health services. In a circular letter to representatives Mr Doran, said INMO members, more than anyone else, know the impact of health cuts […]
