‘Pushy’ bosses delay psychiatric nurses’ ballot at CUH

A ballot has been deferred on LRC proposals designed to end a row that has kept a new €15m psychiatric unit closed following claims that managers are leaning on staff to vote in favour of the proposals.

The Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA), which represents some of the staff due to transfer to the unit at Cork University Hospital (CUH), said they had deferred the ballot principally because members felt they were being pressurised to vote a certain way.

“Some of the local managers are pressurizing staff to vote in favour of the proposals,” said Des Kavanagh, PNA general secretary.