Health service management want staff to provide greater flexibility in working arrangements as part of reforms linked to the new public service pay agreement. The new reform action plan for the health service, published on Friday, calls for the “maximisation of the concept of task sharing/transfer introduced in respect of doctors/nurses”. The plan says this includes “a continuation of the progress towards delivery of services over an extended day/week”. The plan says that a consultation process is currently underway with the relevant unions regarding the opening of the new centre. It calls for cooperation with the agreed opening plan for the new acute forensic psychiatric facility following completion of the process underway at the Workplace Relations Commission.

Source: The Irish Times June 04, 2021 20:36 UTC