Nurses accuse HSE of reneging on commitments

NURSES have accused the Health Service Executive (HSE) of reneging on work commitments for the state’s graduate nurses.

Deputy general secretary of the Irish Nurses’ Organisation (INO), Dave Hughes, said the organisation had an agreement with the HSE that newly qualified nurses would have two years’ employment after qualifying.

“That’s very necessary, both in terms of the nurse getting the relevant experience to do the job better and the state getting a return on its investment,” he said. “We will also end up being short of nurses as a result,” he warned.