Health service faces turmoil with hospitals failing to cope

THE health service is facing into a weekend of turmoil with hospitals across the country failing to cope after just three days of the work-to-rule by nurses.

However, the Psychiatric Nurses’ Association (PNA) and Irish Nurses’ Organisation (INO) have hailed their work-to-rule a success. They believe hospital management is having to work hard to cover the work their members normally do.

Des Kavanagh of the PNA said: “We are very pleased with the impact of the work-to-rule. Managers are complaining about the work it is putting on them.”