Some ICU nurses struggling to get holiday leave amid claims one nurse is quitting over the issue

Exhausted nurses are being refused holiday leave due to understaffing, with intensive care nurses who battled through the Covid-19 outbreak particularly impacted.
Some ICU nurses struggling to get holiday leave amid claims one nurse is quitting over the issue
Wed, 08 Jul, 2020 - 18:02
Liz Dunphy

Dr Ray Walley said he knew of one ICU nurse who was quitting because they could not get holiday leave. File photo: Fennell Photography
Dr Ray Walley said he knew of one ICU nurse who was quitting because they could not get holiday leave. File photo: Fennell Photography

Exhausted nurses are being refused holiday leave due to understaffing, with intensive care nurses who battled through the Covid-19 outbreak particularly impacted.

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