The Psychiatric Nurses Association begins its campaign of industrial action from today.
It follows the first in a series of 24-hour strikes by the INMO, which has just ended, with hospitals warning of potential disruption and an expected surge in patients at emergency departments today.
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The PNA has banned its members, including around 150 nurses in Clare, from carrying out overtime today, with a further overtime ban on four more days this month and planned strike days next month.
The action is being escalated as part of a row over pay and recruitment and the union’s Midwest representative, Denis Meehan, who works in the Clare Mental Health Service, says they’re simply unable to continue as they are:
