INMO conference to call for review of staffing levels

The annual conference of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) will hear calls today for a review of Ireland's currenty midwifery practice.

Nurses are calling for a standard nationwide staffing level of one nurse for every four patients in mainstream hospital wards.

Over 350 nurses and midwives are gathering in Letterkenny, Co Donegal today for the INMO's three-day annual delegate conference.