Seven hundred mental health nursing vacancies throughout the country, Psychiatric Nurses Association survey finds

INMO says GPs and other private employers of nurses should pay bonus to those staff

Tentative optimism as to variant’s limited capacity to harm as situation stays serious

Ambulances, pharmacies and nursing homes among services affected by staff absences

Leo Varadkar confirms 12.5% pay rise for final-year student nurses during internships

Cantillon: Electricity company may be wary of dealing with IWU as new player on pitch

Psychiatric nurses to discuss impact of vaccination rollout changes for staff and patients

Decision to suspend AstraZeneca vaccine will see delay for thousands in high-risk category

Associations outside Ictu representing thousands of staff yet to ballot on agreement

Medical laboratory scientists whose members carry out Covid testing vote to reject proposal

Department of Public Expenditure says new public pay deal is ‘final’

PNA conference also hears of new strategic unit to define health service workforce needs

Union says 200 additional staff needed to open new facility at Portrane in Dublin

Siptu says the State should cover losses including the cost of counselling services

More than 3,000 patients went without beds as trolley numbers hit new record

Action would have led to significant disruption to mental health services

Psychiatric nurses’ overtime ban will have significant impact on patients , HSE warns

HSE does not recognise PNA for ambulance personnel

Ministers accept it will be impossible to avoid another bailout for health service

Operation of new payroll system has left workers ‘short changed,’ trade union says