The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has told the HSE that beds in hospitals in Mayo will be closed due to the release by the HSE of 376 pre-registration student nurses from the west region this week. Replacement qualified nurses have not replaced the student nurses, which means that without this replacement, beds and services will close.
The INMO has referred the issue of replacement, which is a national agreed standard ratio of one staff nurse for two pre-registration students, to the Labour Court for an urgent hearing.
