Varadkar: Galway nurses' action puts psychiatric patients at risk

Health Minister Leo Varadkar has said 10 Galway psychiatric nurses who refused to go on duty this morning over what they say are unsafe working conditions have put patients at risk.

Varadkar: Galway nurses' action puts psychiatric patients at risk

Health Minister Leo Varadkar has said 10 Galway psychiatric nurses who refused to go on duty this morning over what they say are unsafe working conditions have put patients at risk.

The Psychiatric Nurses Association claims there have been 36 assaults on staff at the unit in the University College Hospital since the start of the year.

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