Health services to operate normally following agreement to avert industrial action

Threatened disruption to the health services which had been due to start tomorrow has been averted following agreement at the Workplace Relations Commission between the HSE, Department of Health and health service unions.

Services will operate normally throughout the country after agreement on a range of matters including processes for reviewing staff vacancies and for accelerating recruitment to vacant posts, amongst other things.

According to the CEO of the HSE Mr Bernard Gloster: “We are very pleased that the threat of disruption tomorrow has been lifted and our commitment to all of our workforce and all representative bodies is reflected in the agreement.”

View the statement from the Workplace Relations Commission.