Delay in getting returned healthcare workers to frontlines against Covid-19 criticised

The INM said unions were disappointed that only a fraction of the people who responded to the Call for Ireland and returned to serve here have been processed. File picture.

Unions have welcomed the deal struck with the HSE allowing the voluntary redeployment of health workers to private nursing homes to deal with the Covid-19 crisis, but there has also been criticism of delays in getting those who answered the ‘Call for Ireland’ back into the frontline.

Siptu representatives confirmed that an agreement has been reached with the HSE on the voluntary redeployment of health workers to private nursing homes amid growing fears over the number of coronavirus clusters in those settings.