HSE assures nurses on efforts to tackle hospital overcrowding

Nurses have received an assurance from the Department of Health and the HSE on efforts to tackle hospital overcrowding.

A spokesperson for the HSE said last night that the health authority remains “fully committed” to implementing the emergency department taskforce agreement.

Liam Doran, the general secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, said the agreement includes the filling of all vacant nursing posts and additional staff to deal with admitted patients.