No full-time hospital work for 80% of graduate nurses

ALMOST 80% of the nurse and midwife graduates from Cork University Hospital’s (CUH’s) new degree courses have been blocked from HSE work as a direct result of the system’s recruitment embargo.

Despite an official HSE statement claiming yesterday’s graduation of 86 nursing specialists was a key moment for the health service, bureaucratic red- tape is preventing almost all from obtaining full-time hospital work.

The Irish Examiner understands that of the 86 graduates who have been lauded by senior HSE South officials as the future of the system, just 16 have found public service work.