Gli infermieri del Naas General Hospital sono al “punto di rottura” in vista della protesta sul livello del personale
https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/02/08/naas-general-hospital-nurses-at-breaking-point-ahead-of-protest-over-staffing-levels/
di Static-Jak
2 commenti
As they should. The staffing has gotten ridiculous. HSE has cut down agency staff which is lovely on paper but they refuse to hire more of our own staff. So staff from already short staffed wards are being pulled out to cover other wards. It was honestly better when they had agency staff to cover the deficits.
People are living longer and are much sicker. HSE needs to staff wards reflecting the general hospital population. A lot of patients are heavily dependent on staff and may require assistance of two or sometimes 3 members of staff. Very hard to do when you staff the ward to the bare minimum. Mandated ratios or increase the pay or both to reflect the nature of the job.
Naas hospital has been unsafe for many years. The staffing is a chronic issue and part of it is no one wants to work there. To make it in any way appealing would require massive overhauls. You have 200 odd beds often only overseen by a single intern on nights, the majority of the staff are locum so theres no continuity of care, the scheduling rosters are brutal, the older sections of the hospital are falling apart. I’d honestly say it would be easier to close Naas and divert the resources to Tallaght.