CUH oncology nurses call for hiring timeline

Management at a hospital designated a “centre of excellence” for cancer care have until Monday to agree a timeframe for recruiting extra staff to an oncology ward that nurses claim is “seriously” understaffed.

CUH oncology nurses call for hiring timeline

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has written to management at Cork University Hospital (CUH) informing them that oncology nurses will begin a work-to-rule on Tuesday, May 12, unless the HSE agrees a clinical and recruitment action plan to “address the current crisis in oncology” at CUH.

INMO industrial relations officer Patsy Doyle said that while some progress had been made since last Friday, they were still looking for specific dates as to when extra nurses would be hired.

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