Unions have claimed that over 2,000 posts are set to be guillotined nationally.

The Royal College of Nursing Northern Ireland has collected memories of nurses involved in the Second World War.

The Cork Organisation for Indian Nurses (COINNS) said that more than 500 families are being negatively impacted by the issue across the county. 

Staff were asked to work overtime at CUH over the bank holiday weekend to try to mitigate potential risks from overcrowding. 

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation said over 121,526 patients have gone without hospital beds this year

702 itted patients are waiting for hospital beds today with Cork University Hospital among the worst affected facilities. 

The challenges facing midwives were discussed at the annual All-Ireland Midwifery Conference yesterday.

The INMO said the move “rubs salt into the wounds” of hospital staff in Cork. 

Up to 5,000 workers employed across 18 community and voluntary agencies around the country are set to take part in the planned strike tomorrow.

Almost 90 itted patients are waiting for beds at hospitals in Cork this morning.

Over 10,018 patients went without a bed in Irish hospitals in September according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.

Nursing homes across Cork hosted music-themed celebrations to mark Nursing Homes Week 2023 — which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year.

The one-year plan would address a shortfall in student places for the 2023/24 academic year resulting from the budgetary crisis north of the border.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation described the assaults as "completely unacceptable"

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation held their annual delegate conference on Thursday

The plans are being unveiled by Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly on Thursday

The survey also found 89 per cent of nurses and midwives feel they are at least somewhat burnt out because of work

The INMO confirmed on Monday that ICU nurses at University Hospital Limerick will be balloted over strike action

The ballot will take place over the coming weeks

The Minister for Health itted "the literature is very clear that overcrowding increases patient risks"

The INMO said 838 patients were waiting for a hospital bed on Wednesday morning, the second-ever highest trolley figure recorded

There were 631 patients waiting on trolleys in Irish hospitals on Thursday morning

It is the second 12-hour strike action by the Royal College of Nursing over pay and safe staffing levels.

The Royal College of Nursing and the UK government are locked in a bitter dispute over pay.

of the Royal College of Nursing took part in a 12-hour action on Thursday over pay and safe staffing levels

The documents included bed rail assessments, incident reports, nursing staff handover sheets, a prescription, medical reviews and records of family meetings.

They are set to colleagues across the UK in the strike action.

A fifth of all patients waiting for beds at hospitals around the country this morning are waiting for beds at hospitals in Cork.

A recent report said the intake of nursing students at third-level will need to double in the next 20 years to meet the State's demand

The NMBI is now in the process of developing its 2023 to 2025 statement of strategy.

A week-long pre ballot information campaign for INMO will commence on August 24th with a view to commence balloting for industrial action on September 1st

There are calls for a zero tolerance approach to attacks on healthcare staff after new figures found there were over 7,300 verbal, physical or sexual assaults on staff in the last 18 months.

Hospitals will face an "avalanche" of legal cases if security concerns are not addressed following a large rise in assaults on nurses, according to an employment law solicitor. 

“By failing to address the matter urgently we are losing our competitiveness to recruit nurses and midwives from overseas and driving nurses and midwives in the current services to consider moving abroad.”

This comes as figures reveal that over five nurses were physically, verbally or sexually assaulted a day in the month of June

In recent days, it was reported that infants in some areas were no longer receiving standard development checks by a public health nurse in early years due to staffing shortages.

It comes as new figures show that the number of people with Covid in hospitals has exceeded 1,000. 

Yesterday, 74 itted patients were waiting for beds at Cork, with 546 patients without a bed nationally. 

Nurse Katie Duggan likes to go the extra mile for her patients and loves a bit of laughter, in the Character of Cork series Katie talks to The Echo about coming out of her shell and making the most of life.

On Wednesday, there were 102 Covid-positive patients at Cork University Hospital and 17 patients with the virus at the Mercy University Hospital.

Cork University Hospital is among the most overcrowded hospitals in the country, according to the union.

The INMO says nurses are ‘under severe pressure’ as overcrowding exceeds pre-Covid levels. 

More than 50 itted patients were waiting for beds at hospitals in Cork yesterday. 

It comes as figures released to Dublin-based TD Neale Richmond by the HSE showed that there were over 34,000 assaults on HSE nurses and doctors since 2015.

“Students going back into the hospitals, they are working in the Covid wards, they are working in other wards with Covid patients, the number in ICUs and hospitals are going to increase, could they double, could they treble?.“Already the system is leaning heavily for reliance on those student nurses, that will increase in the days and week ahead.” 

It comes at a time when concerns are being raised about hospital overcrowding, with more than 50 itted patients waiting for beds at Cork hospitals today.

More than 1,000 itted patients were waiting for beds at CUH last month. 

A Cork hospital has implemented its escalation policy to deal with a high number of attendees at its emergency department (ED).

The HSE’s Chief Operations Officer has appealed to the public to only present to emergency departments (ED) in the case of an emergency.

Delegates attending the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s annual conference this week will discuss an emergency motion calling on the government to compensate frontline healthcare workers for their sacrifices during Covid-19.