Psychiatric nurses threaten action over compo scheme

PSYCHIATRIC nurses have raised the threat of industrial action after a meeting with health officials about the new occupational injury compensation scheme.

Both the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) and SIPTU have called emergency meetings to discuss the details of the scheme revealed by the Irish Examiner last week.

Last night the PNA said it has called its branch representatives to a February 5 meeting to decide how to react to proposals its senior industrial relations officer Seamus Murphy described as a “slap in the face”.