Delays in cancer therapy as gaps in health staffing 'frightening', unions warn

Fórsa members protest outside Cork University Hospital on Thursday. Picture: Chani Anderson

Gaps in health staffing are “frightening”, with student nurses working alone with very sick patients and vital cancer therapy delayed, unions have warned.

Protests at Cork University Hospital (CUH) and HSE headquarters in Dublin involved the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, Fórsa, and Siptu.