Leo Varadkar ‘must solve nursing crisis’

Hundreds of nursing homes will today demand that Health Minister Leo Varadkar take control of the nurse registration crisis.

Leo Varadkar ‘must solve nursing crisis’

Nursing Home Ireland chief executive Tadhg Daly said some nursing homes were having to close beds at a time when more than 2,300 nurses were waiting up to a year to be registered by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland.

Nursing Home Ireland representatives will hand deliver a letter to Mr Varadkar that has been signed by 208 private and voluntary nursing homes who want him to take urgent action.

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