Nurses are resigning en masse from HSE because of low wages1,400 nurses resigned from the HSE in 2017, with many suspected of pursuing careers in the private sector or outside Ireland. Seventy percent of the 2,000 nurses who left the HSE in 2017 handed in their resignations, the INMO (Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation) have revealed in a submission to the Public Service Pay Commission in November of last year. A spokesperson for the INMO confirmed they are awaiting a recommendation from the commission to the HSE regarding an increase in pay. The report also claimed that 2% of nurses and midwives are on maternity leave at any given time so it can be accepted that the actual number of working nurses was less than reported. A similar pay gap could be seen in the salaries of clinical nurses working in the public sector.

Source: Evening echo January 20, 2018 11:26 UTC