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THE IRISH NURSES and Midwives Organisation (INMO) is seeking urgent meetings with Ministers and the HSE over the latest HSE plans under the Haddington Road Agreement (HRA).
The INMO believes that the latest management proposal will “seriously compromise patient safety” if it is implemented, and so wants it withdrawn.
It said:
The HSE, while acknowledging that the INMO, and other health service unions, are fully compliant with their obligations under the Haddington Road Agreement, has now brought forward a new set of measures required to deliver further cash savings of €80 million.
HSE’s response
In response, the HSE said it is “simply seeking to implement the terms of the Haddington Road Agreement which the INMO signed up to”.
The HSE said “it is not correct to say that the HSE ‘is seeking an additional €80m’”, and that it is in fact seeking to achieve the original target set for it of €290m.
“This money has already been removed from the HSE’s vote allocation,” it said, adding:
The HSE requires the extra hours identified under the agreement to be used in the first instance to reduce the health sector pay bill as per the intention of the agreement. The HSE is extremely cognisant of the importance of patient safety and considers it a priority above all else.
Concerns
The INMO said that the latest proposals, which were presented to unions last week, are all focused on the frontline and include:
The INMO described the latest plan as “the most damaging set of measures brought forward in recent years”. In response, it has sought immediate meetings with the three Ministers in the Department of Health to demand the plans be withdrawn.
It is also seeking a meeting with the Oireachtas Health Committee to detail its concerns at the impact of these measures on patient safety, and a meeting with the Director of Patient Safety and Quality in the HSE.
In addition, the INMO will be seeking discussions with patient support groups and other professional groups/representatives on the plan.
The INMO will also be advising all of its members “that they are fully compliant with their obligations under Haddington Road”.
We shall also advise them that they cannot agree, under their Code of Conduct, to any changes/initiatives which they believe will negatively impact upon patient care and safety and the ability of nurses and midwives to deliver safe care through safe practice.
Cash savings
INMO General Secretary Liam Doran said that these proposals are “totally driven by the demand for the health service to deliver further cash savings”.
He said they have not been subject to a patient safety audit or risk assessment and “there is no question” but that these measures will “gravely compromise patient safety and the ability of nurses and midwives to deliver safe care through safe practice”.
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I’d die
Scorpionvenom for a guy afraid of snakes and dying at the thought of it, you’ve a very misleading username
Scorpion might have something to do with November ha
I’d cook him and eat him. Ate snake in Thailand. Absolutely delicious.
Ultimate game of Snakes & Ladders
First a spider crawled out on front of me this morning… Now I have this to look forward to??!!
Well, in good news, the snake would make short order of the spider…
I don’t think people should be allowed to keep snakes in Ireland.. They’re not very friendly…they escape, can breed and then start turning up in bathrooms and homes..like in Australia. I don’t like snakes…I don’t like them at all, even the non poisonous ones.
How can you say they’re not very friendly?
They’re amazingly friendly, it’s just the language barrier and their intellectual thoughtful nature that makes them seem so aloof.
Five feet? About the same size as my shnake.
G’lad.
And made of wood?
On my Facebook feed I saw a gigantic yellow snake eating a puppy alive. Now I’ve have a fear not only of snakes but also of scrolling through Facebook. I never want to see that again.
“Where the snake is making a recovery…”
What about the man??
He’ll need some serious counselling after that lol
Where’s Saint Patrick when you need him.
That’s a just a myth! He’s as big a fraud as jebidiah Springfield!
Not exactly… he ‘drove out’ pagan druids who used to have tattoos of serpents on their forearms, apparently.
Basically, he killed people for not sharing his beliefs.
and Jebediah was a perfectly cromulent embiggenator
You’d be checking your underpants after that!
Throwing it away!
I found one years ago on Dollymount beach. I got a fright, i picked it up with a stick put it into a bag and brought it to the zoo, RTE were there at the time covering a vet show. I was as nervous as hell driving over I was afraid it would get out of the bag.
Homeowner did mention that the past owner was a snake!
We read a story concerning a huge spider on the Journal.ie some weeks ago and now this snake . I suppose wit
Must have been hiding out for for paddys day.
Last Canvasser found in Dublin Home !
If it wasn’t a sea snake then it wasn’t poisonous…it wasn’t venomous?
Nice of the previous owners to let them know there was a snake loose in the attic
As regards snakes not being friendly I opened my door one morning in Thailand and there was a beauty sunning itself, but ultimately in my way. I tried reasoning with it, like “Shoo” , ” go away” “I’ll get the manager” but it didn’t oblige. Because I had no idea whether it was dangerous or not I had to sit it out until it decided to slither down a rainspout ! Very uncommunicative indeed ! Inconvenienced me , late for breakfast !!
We need bears to tackle these snakes
Petrol? Check
Matches? Check
We read a story concerning a huge spider on the Journal.ie some weeks ago and now this snake . I suppose with more people bringing them from other Countrys the odd one poping up here and there will happen . As long as they don’t pose to a person’s life its not a problem
Apologies for half a post above This phone has a mind of its own
And not even a week after St.Patricks day…..
Might not be your phone@Alan. Journal app behaving queer since yesterday…
@the girl.
Thank you for that info
Us shirt lifters don’t mind. Just don’t call me a ceiling lifter.
Can you eat it in a stew !!!
Michael
Yes fairly tasty
For sure Stephen. The shock alone would kill me.
I have Rat Snakes in the country all around me. Harmless and help keep the rat population down.
I killed a 5ft Python in Thailand with my bare hands once……when I say bare hands I mean I gripped the steering wheel and drove over that sucker…..still gives me the creeps when I think about it.
#snakesonthebrain
Jaysus!!
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