New measures that could see hospitals like St Luke’s for Carlow/Kilkenny face hefty fines for leaving patients waiting are to come into effect immediately.
Currently almost 1 in 5 people in our emergency departments take longer than 9 hours to be seen.
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Overcrowding is one of the main reasons for threatened industrial action by INMO nurses – who are still being balloted.
Secretary General of the INMO, Liam Doran told KCLR News that the members are still being balloted.
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