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Nurses plan work stoppages in 50 facilities
According to The Irish Times, the INO and Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) have decided to step up their work-to-rule action by planning work stoppages in facitlities around the country that have not yet been hit.
“Parents who listen, Protect”
The HSE faced opposition this week for their new campaign “Parents who listen, Protect”.
Staffing to be a problem for new private hospitals
Finding staff for the new private hospitals to be built across the state will prove “almost impossible” a new chairman of a private Dublin hospital has warned.
Immunisation database would benefit the Irish hugely
An Irish GP said this week that an immunisation database is the next big step for the health sectin Ireland.
Nurses plan work stoppages in 50 facilities
According to The Irish Times, the INO and Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) have decided to step up their work-to-rule action by planning work stoppages in facitlities around the country that have not yet been hit.
The stoppages will probably take place next Wednesday and Friday and wil, again, last one hour. They are expected to hit the following institutions among others: – Dublin: the Mater and Tallaght hospitals – Letterkenny General Hospital – Galway University College hospital – Mayo General Hospital – Limerick Regional Hospital – Cork University Hospital – Waterford Regional Hospital – Wexford General Hospital – Tullamore General Hospital – St. Lukes, Kilkenny – Our Lady of Lourdes, Drogheda – Cavan General Hospital
Full details of the plan are expected to be announced at the PNA’s annual conference in Ballybofey, Co. Donegal this weekend.
Also occuring this weekend and of huge significance to the Irish health sector is the IMO’s Extrordinary General Meeting where a solid decision is expected to be made on what to do about new contracts.
Mary Harney intends on advertising the 50 new positions to consultants all over the world this week. Information of interviews and positions will be made available to Irish doctors who have travelled abroad to work. She sees this new move as a way of enticing professionals who were trained here, home. The doctors however, do not agree. (see more information on this)
“Parents who listen, Protect”
The HSE faced opposition this week for their new campaign “Parents who listen, Protect”.
The camapign, which features radio and television ads informing parents that the best way to protect your child is to listen to what they have to say, was met by The Mothers at Home group with anger.
They felt that the campaign was patonising and told parents how to raise their children.The HSE said that this was not their intention, that it was meant as a gentle reminder to parents about what was really important.
Over the next week households will receive a guide book with the same title.
For full details of this campaign, check out the HSE website
Staffing to be a problem for new private hospitals
Finding staff for the new private hospitals to be built across the state will prove “almost impossible” a new chairman of a private Dublin hospital has warned.
Niall O’Carrol, chairman of the Hermitage medical centre in Lucan says that they had huge problems recruiting for their new facility. He says that, consigdering the huge amount of staff to be hired, most of the doctors that do come forward will be subpar.
The government look set to sign a legally binding document with contractors soon despite calls from all opposition parties no tto. The opposition say that, were they to be elected, they would scrap the plans immediately.
The intention of the HSE is to free up 1,000 beds in the public sector that are being used by private patients. They have also promised to move patients to private facilities should they have to wait too long in the A&E. That said, they did not define how long “too long” was.
Immunisation database would benefit the Irish hugely
An Irish GP said this week that an immunisation database is the next big step for the health sectin Ireland.
She said that the main reason for bringing in this measure would be so that, when a family moved from one country or region to another, they would bring with them a full medical history.
As it stands, families that move often miss out on one or more vaccinations because their new GP is not aware which shots the child has, or has not had.
Although this measure would be hugely beneficial to immigrants who could bring their immunisation history with them., she said that it would be equally important to Irish people who merely moved area and so, GP.
