Record Levels of Emergency Department Overcrowding in July

–          6,751 admitted patients on trolleys last month   The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s (INMO) trolley/ward watch analysis has confirmed that this July saw record numbers of admitted patients on trolleys, as compared to previous years, since trolley watch began 12 years ago.   This marked deterioration came after two months (May and June) […]

Dangerous Environment Continues In Limerick ED

– Patient Care being compromised on a daily basis Nurses working in the Emergency Department (ED) of the Mid Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, who are members of the INMO and SIPTU, have brought their ongoing campaign, to address the clinical risk in this ED Department, to Dublin today as they; –          Handed in letters, to […]

HSE intransigent on patient safety at Mid West Regional Hospital Limerick

Following 11 hours of talks between the INMO, SIPTU and the HSE, under the chair of the Labour Relations Commission, yesterday no agreement was reached on the serious patient safety concerns at the Emergency Department in the Mid Western Regional Hospital Limerick. HSE management refused all options put to them by the INMO and SIPTU […]

INMO Members at the Emergency Department in the Mid Western Regional Hospital, Limerick to hold 2nd Work Stoppage on September 28TH

Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation at the Emergency Department of the Mid Western Regional Hospital, Limerick will hold a 2nd work stoppage  on Wednesday next, September 28th, 2011 from 8.30a.m. – 12.30p.m.  This action is a further attempt to get the Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly and his Department to address […]

Four Hour Work Stoppage Will Be Held By INMO Members At Emergency Department, Mid West Regional Hospital, Limerick, From 1-5pm, Tomorrow, September 21st

Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) at the Emergency Department of the Mid Western Regional Hospital, Limerick will hold a four hour work stoppage tomorrow, Wednesday, September 21st, between the hours of 1pm – 5pm.  The INMO will maintain a nursing presence, in the Emergency Department, over this 4 hour period, to […]

Four Hour Work Stoppage By INMO Members At Emergency Department, MWRH, Limerick On September 21ST

Further to a ballot of members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) at the Mid Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, the HSE has been formally notified of a four hour work stoppage by nurses to occur at the Hospital’s Emergency Department next Wednesday,  September 21st, between the hours of 1pm – 5pm.  The INMO […]