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In a move to highlight the growing dispute between senior nurse managers and the HSE, staff at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe staged another lunchtime protest yesterday (Thursday).

The HSE is calling on the Irish Nurses Organisation to withdraw a motion of no confidence in senior management at Portiuncula Hospital, following what they are calling the ‘breakdown’ of Labour Relation Commission talks on Wednesday.

A draft HSE national plan which proposes “severe” staff cutbacks to the public health service is “insulting to hardworking staff” according to a local nursing union official.

Coping with caregiver stress

There was relief among staff at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar this week, after the HSE announced it is to defer 11 nursing job cuts at the hospital.

Local nurses will take industrial action if necessary if there is any attempt to cut their pay, a leading local union official warned this week.

Local nurses, who are members of the Irish Nurses’ Organisation, are being balloted for industrial action in a bid to protect them from further cuts in pay and conditions, says their union.

Midland Regional Youth Services (MRYS) has received the ‘Health Promoting Organisation’ accreditation from the HSE Health Promotion Service in Dublin Mid-Leinster.

The Village Nursing Care Centre will hold an information day in the coming weeks on the new Nursing Home Support Scheme. The scheme, commonly referred to as Fair Deal, was first announced by Minister for Health Mary Harney at the official opening of The Village Nursing Care Centre in February 2006.

The Village Nursing Care Centre will hold an information day in the coming weeks on the new Nursing Home Support Scheme. The scheme, commonly referred to as Fair Deal, was first announced by Minister for Health Mary Harney at the official opening of The Village Nursing Care Centre in February 2006.