INMO: Government deal ‘light’ on proposals for future of healthcare

The country’s largest nursing and midwifery organisation yesterday criticised the government-formation deal agreed between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, claiming the document is “light” on proposals for the future of healthcare.

Around 350 delegates are attending the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s annual conference at the INEC in Killarney, Co Kerry.

The agenda for the three-day conference is dominated by calls for pay restoration to pre-recession levels, a reduction in working hours, and an increase in staffing levels.