IMPACT to discuss industrial action campaign with HSE

Representatives of the IMPACT trade union are meeting senior HSE officials today to discuss ongoing industrial action in the health service.

Around 28,000 IMPACT members are refusing to engage in certain tasks as part of a protest over ongoing job cuts in the health service.

The workers are refusing to do non-emergency overtime or to cover work and posts affected by the HSE's recent recruitment freeze.

IMPACT says the HSE is also planning further job cuts in the Dublin and mid-Leinster regions and that this will have a serious effect on patient services.