Nurses Warn Hospital Safety at Risk | Cork News

Nurses and midwives at University Maternity Hospital Limerick are sounding the alarm over dangerously understaffed units, with neonatal wards over capacity and labour wards routinely short-staffed — a crisis directly blamed on the HSE’s restrictive pay and numbers strategy, which slashed 30-35 frontline roles. Facing unsustainable workloads and relying on agency staff, staff say patient safety is at risk, while regulators confirm the situation is untenable. They’re demanding the 2015 staffing agreement be enforced, funding for the neonatal unit, and protection from further cuts — because every shift is a matter of life and death. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/61b820341a9280a6