Nurse Jodie Murphy with her one-year-old daughter, Alexandra, on picket line duty at Cork University Hospital on the second day of the nurses’ strike. The latest disruption follows cancellation of outpatient appointments, non-urgent surgery, and respite, rehabilitation, and day centre services, affecting 50,000 patients in the past week. Doctors will join the unrest with a National Association of General Practitioners-organised cavalcade of cars set to travel to the Dáil to protest at conditions and pay cuts. In a memo to members, it said the reversal of FEMPI measures must happen but GPs must be willing to offer something in return. The minister also confirmed that revised terms of reference for the PWC review into the cost escalation have been finalised.

Source: Irish Examiner February 06, 2019 06:00 UTC