Beaumont nurses: Action will escalate if no 'real change' in trolleys crisis

Nurses at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin have said the only way their industrial action can be averted later this month is if there is a huge improvement in the trolleys crisis.

Members of the INMO are holding a lunchtime protest at the hospital this afternoon from 1pm.

The nurses have announced their intention to engage in a work-to-rule on January 27 in protest at what the INMO says is an unsafe level of overcrowding.

Industrial relations officer with the INMO Lorraine Monaghan said if there was no sign of improvement, the action could escalate:

"The industrial action will commence with a work-to-rule where there will be withdrawal from clerical and admin duties," she said.

"However, this will escalate to work stoppages if real and necessary change is not implemented prior to January 27."