Nurses vote to accept Workplace Relations Commission proposals

Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) have voted, by a margin of 82%, to accept proposals to begin addressing the staffing/recruitment/ retention crisis in nursing and midwifery.

Under the agreed proposals, management have committed to: increasing the nursing and midwifery workforce in 2017, with 1,208 additional permanent posts; maternity leave cover in accordance with the funded workforce plan; offering all graduating nurses and midwives full-time contracts; a career break scheme; the introduction of a pilot pre-retirement initiative; 130 additional undergraduate places in 2017; and to offering nurses and midwives improved educational opportunities and career pathways.