Hospital staff ‘had to bring work home’

Clerical administrative staff at Ennis Hospital were provided with computer memory sticks to complete their work at home in the evenings and at weekends on an unpaid basis, a nursing union has claimed.

The Impact union had to instruct its members not to remove any HSE documentation in hard or electronic format from the hospital for completion outside normal working hours.

The work included letters to patients informing them of appointments and insurance claims verification — but excluded medical records or information about individual medical conditions.