by Ger Fitzgibbon ©2009
HUNDREDS of patients will be affected by the decision of up to 90 nursing secretaries in three Limerick hospitals to begin a work-to-rule this Thursday.
The secretaries in the Mid Western Regional, Croom and Maternity hospitals will refuse to schedule surgeries, handle charts for consultants or use phones and e-mails in protest at the HSE's refusal to fill 59 higher-paid administrative posts, contrary to an earlier agreement with the IMPACT trade union.IMPACT officials instructed its members to take industrial action after a meeting with HSE management last Wednesday ended without agreement. The union are threatening to carry out the action indefinitely until the situation is resolved.
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