爱尔兰保健工作者投票支持对严重人员短缺采取工业行动。 Irish healthcare workers vote for industrial action over severe staffing shortages.

数千名爱尔兰保健工作者,包括护士和助产士,以压倒多数投票赞成工业行动,反对人员短缺。 Thousands of Irish healthcare workers, including nurses and midwives, have voted overwhelmingly in favor of industrial action over staffing shortages. 爱尔兰护士和助产士组织(INMO)、Fórsa和Unite工会声称,到2023年底,2 000多个护理和助产岗位没有填补,使病人的安全受到威胁。 The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), Fórsa, and Unite unions claim that over 2,000 nursing and midwifery posts were left unfilled by the end of 2023, putting patient safety at risk. 工会认为,招聘限制和卫生服务执行部门对职位的压制给服务造成了巨大的压力。 The unions argue that recruitment restrictions and the suppression of posts by the Health Service Executive (HSE) are causing immense strain on services. INMO总统Caroline Gourley强调,需要有一个配备适当工作人员的保健服务机构,并呼吁与其他工会采取统一办法解决这些问题。 INMO President Caroline Gourley emphasized the need for a properly staffed health service and called for a united approach with other unions to address these issues.