INMO signals work-to-rule if pay and staff demands unmet

Nurses have warned of bed closures and cuts in community services if their demands for accelerated pay restoration and increased staffing levels are not met.

General secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, Liam Doran said industrial action “in the first stage” would take the form of a work-to-rule.

He said members would be asked to impose an overtime ban, a ban on redeployment and to refuse to provide cross-cover in the community.