Nurses, patients transfer to Cork unit
Last-minute clarification around staffing and rosters was still being sought yesterday by Siptu and the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) in an effort to ensure commitments had been met before the move went ahead on the HSE target date of August 5.
The standalone facility will replace the outdated GF unit in the main hospital. It should have opened last January but staff refused to move because of concerns over proposed staffing levels and HSE plans to delay the opening of a six-bed high- observation ward within the unit.
