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Increase in staff numbers at Tallaght Hospital welcomed
SIPTU has welcomed commitments from the management of Tallaght Hospital, Co. Dublin, to increase staffing levels in order to ensure patient safety at the facility. SIPTU representatives and their INMO colleagues met with management early in February to discuss concerns over staff numbers at the hospital.
SIPTU Organiser, David Field, said: “Management said it would take action to help alleviate the crisis in patient care and ten extra nursing staff began work on Monday (10th February). Over the coming weeks, 13 care assistants and 19 specialist nurses will also be assigned to duties at the hospital.”
He added: “We welcome this development which will assist in alleviating the current pressures at the hospital. We believe this is a first step in bringing the crisis at the hospital to an end and ensuring that the maximum degree of patient safety is restored.”
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