New proposals fail to prevent health service disruption

UP to 15,000 health board workers will stop co-operating with the Government’s plan to overhaul the ailing system from Monday.

IMPACT, the union representing the staff, considered new proposals from health employers yesterday but said they fell short of what was needed to resolve the dispute.

The union, which represents more than 25,000 health workers, is not opposed to the reforms but it is seeking safeguards on jobs, pay, working conditions and work locations when new health structures come into force on January 1.