INMO news coverage week ending 21st August 2020

21st August 2020 Sharp Drop In Number Of Patients On Trolleys At Naas General – KFM

20th August 2020 Overcrowding continues at CUH – 96FM No. Of People On Trolleys At Naas Has Doubled – KFM Confirmed coronavirus cases at STGH and UHL – Tipp FM 'Nurses are exhausted after record overcrowding levels and a pandemic' - ballot for action at Limerick hospital – Irish Independent Nurses in Limerick hospital considering industrial action warning Covid concerns are going unheard – Irish Mirror 'Nurses are exhausted': Union ballots for industrial action at University Hospital Limerick – Limerick Leader Interview: Phil Ni Sheaghdha on Newstalk: Nursing Home Expert Group report – link unavailable Nurses at University Hospital Limerick to vote on industrial action – Breaking News Nurses and midwives at University Hospital Limerick begin ballot on industrial action – Live 95FM Nurses at University Hospital Limerick to vote on industrial action – Echo Live Interview: ADIR Mary Fogarty: Staff Shortages At Region’s Main Hospital = Clare fm INMO to seek urgent meeting with Minister for Health following publication of COVID-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel – Union News Expert review to prevent Covid-19 'taking hold' in nursing homes again – Echo Live Expert review to prevent Covid-19 'taking hold' in nursing homes again – Breaking INMO calls for routine COVID-19 testing of hospital staff – Extra Dublin City Council introduces low-rate parking for healthcare staff as free street parking ended – The Journal Nurses at UHL commence ballot – Clare Champion

19th August 2020 Medical staff to get reduced parking rates in Dublin city centre – RTE Interview: IRO Mary Rose Carroll on RTE News re parking for healthcare workers – link unavailable 4 People Are Being Treated On Trolleys At Naas General Hospital Today – Kfm 24 patients on trolleys in University Hospital Kerry – Radio Kerry 43 patients on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick – Limerick Leader RE-EMERGENCE OF WORRYING TREND AT MAYO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL – Western People

18th August 2020 INMO concerned at numbers of healthcare workers contracting Covid 19 - RTE INMO calls for HSA to examine Covid-19 impact on hospital staff - RTE 51 people waiting for beds at Cork hospitals – Echo Live Management confirms CPE superbug outbreak at St Luke’s Hospital – KCLR Interview: IRO David Miskell: health service on LMFM – link unavailable

17th August 2020 INMO concerned at numbers of Healthcare Workers contracting COVID-19 – RTE News at One Agency staff turning down work at Dublin’s Mater Hospital over difficulties in getting parking Irish Sun 'To the four nurses in Ireland...RIP': The Covid-19 Twitter claim that made it to the national airwaves – The Journal Coronavirus Ireland: Hospital with two Covid-19 patients now treating 55 suspected cases – Irish Mirror St Luke’s Hospital struggling with outbreaks of Covid-19 & superbug CPE – KCLR HSE seeks new deal with private hospitals to support public system through 'enduring impact of Covid- 19' – The Journal