NURSES STRIKE: latest on cancelled services
Nurses and midwives who are members of the INMO are due to commence strike action from 8am on Wednesday January 30 until 8am on Thursday January 31.
This means many of the HSE services will not be available on the day of the strike.
If you have an appointment or procedure that is cancelled, the HSE will contact you directly to reschedule.
The Health Service Executive are asking people only attend emergency services if it is absolutely essential.
Services not available on the day of the strike:
Local injury units will not operate
Planned inpatient surgery will be cancelled, except for cancer surgery. Inpatient is when you need to stay in hospital for one night or more.
Planned day case procedures will be cancelled. Day case is when you are given a hospital bed or a trolley but will not stay overnight.
All outpatient appointments are cancelled. This includes adult, maternity and paediatric appointments. Outpatient is when you go to hospital for an appointment but don't stay overnight.
If a pregnant woman needs urgent assessment due to the cancellation of an appointment, she should go to the emergency admission room
All day centres operated by the HSE and specified agencies where nurses are employed will close (people affected will be notified)
All routine community nursing services and health centre clinics where nurses participate will be cancelled
All day hospitals or outpatient appointments in community nursing hospitals or units will be cancelled
Services that are operating on the day of the strike:
Emergency departments (adult and children). Please only attend our emergency services if absolutely essential
Urgent cancer surgery - you will be contacted directly by hospitals about your surgery
Maternity services (Delivery suites, home births, special care baby units, neonatal)
Colposcopy services
Oncology services (chemotherapy and radiotherapy)
Dialysis
Planned obstetric procedures (based on clinical need)
Planned essential services delivered at home
Residential care of older people and people with intellectual disability in centres operated by the HSE and specified agencies
Palliative care
Limited newborn screening will be available