Healthcare unions, including the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) and Fórsa, are planning industrial action to address severe staffing shortages in the public health service. Recruitment restrictions and suppressed posts by the Health Service Executive (HSE) have been criticised for placing services under strain and jeopardising patient safety. Union leaders have called the current situation unsustainable and are meeting to finalise strategies for industrial action. The HSE has labelled these plans as regrettable, pointing to its Pay and Numbers Strategy as evidence of workforce stabilisation. However, unions argue that the measures fall short of addressing the systemic crisis in staffing.
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