Admissions cancelled as nurses intensify action

PLANNED admissions to a Midlands hospital were yesterday cancelled as nursing staff stepped up industrial action.

A nurses’ dispute involving 64 staff is entering its fourth week at Mount Carmel Care Centre in St Joseph’s Hospital, Longford.

An internal transfer of patients within the complex was also halted yesterday as Irish Nursing Organisation members decided not to accept new admissions with the exception of respite or palliative care patients.