HSE plan ‘to compromise patient safety’, according to nursing union

The country’s largest nursing union has claimed a HSE plan to save a further €80m under the Haddington Road Agreement will "seriously compromise patient safety".

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation claims the measures under the HSE’s latest savings plan, which were presented to unions last week, are all focused on the frontline and have no impact on management structures in the health service. It says they include:

* A further reduction in staffing.