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Delegates set to debate key
World

news issues at ADC in Cork

The 2018 annual delegate • Medical cards edward Mathews, director
Nurses and midwives in conference of the INMO will • homelessness. of regulation and social policy,
action around the world take place in the Clayton The ADC will kick off with a will introduce social policy
Silver Springs hotel, Cork on press conference on Wednes- motions for debate on Thurs-
Canada
• With demand for nurse Wednesday, May 2 to Friday, day, May 2 to outline the day afternoon. Dinner will be
practitioners rising, UPeI May 4. main issues up for debate at 8pm at which the Gobnait
looks to keep up This is the Organisation’s throughout the three days. O’Connell Award, CJ Coleman
• Quebec nurses push for new 99th annual conference and Registration for delegates will Research Award, Preceptor
law to limit nurse-to-patient the theme for this year is Inno- be from 1-2.30pm. The con- of the Year 2018 – nominator
ratios vation and practice – nurses ference opens at 2.30pm, with and winner awards will be pre-
• Coalition seeks private sector and midwives leading the way. a debate on organisational sented. This will be followed by
pay equity legislation by 2020 Approximately 350 delegates motions as the first item on the entertainment.
will attend from around the agenda, which will be held in a Friday May 4 will commence
Dominican Republic country. Almost 50 motions private session. with debate on remaining
• hospitals show a shortage are up for debate over the three At 5pm there will be a motions and a presentation on
of nurses according to the days covering issues such as: debate on educational motions the Taskforce on Nursing/Mid-
ADeG
• The right to ‘conscientious commencing with an intro- wifery Skill Mix. The Minister
France objection’ duction by elizabeth Adams, for health Simon harris will
• eR strikes in several Lyon • Review of the function of director of professional devel- address delegates at 12.30pm,
hospitals branches and sections opment and The Richmond followed by a response from
Kenya • Massaging of eD figures education and event Centre. Martina harkin-Kelly, INMO
• KNh crisis deepens as nurses • The introduction of a The session will conclude at president.
down tools non-nursing grade into the 6pm followed by dinner and election of President, first and
operating theatre raffle/quiz in aid of a local second vice presidents to serve
Mexico
• After 40 days, doctors and • Safe staffing levels charity at 7.30pm. for 2018-2020 will be held in
nurses end strike in Oaxaca • Risk management Thursday, May 3 will see a the afternoon. The conference
• The high price paid by a nurse • Pay parity debate on industrial motions will close with the annual gala
for revealing corruption in • Standardisation of nursing and in the morning, introduced by dinner on Friday evening.
the health system midwifery documentation Tony Fitzpatrick, interim direc- – Ann Keating, INMO
• Property tax tor of industrial relations. media relations officer
New Zealand
• Strike action the ‘next
Integrated care:
option’ if nurses reject latest INMO interim director of
pay offer from DhBs industrial relations Tony
• Under attack: Assaults on Fitzpatrick is pictured at a
hospital staff on the rise in meeting of the National Steering
Committee for the Policy on the
Northland Development of a Community
Nursing and Midwifery Response
UK to Integrated Model of Care at the
• NhS staff offered 6.5% pay Department of Health with (l-r):
Mary Wynne, interim director of
rise over three years if they Nursing and Midwifery Services,
forfeit day’s holiday HSE; Siobhan O’Halloran, chief
• Rise in number of nurses nursing officer at the Department
and midwives in Scotland of Health; and Susan Kent, deputy
chief nursing officer, Department
‘undermined’ by increase in of Health
vacancies
• Nursing associates: will they
become a cheap substitute Cobh pay restoration now in WRC process
for nurses? The INMO attended the a recommendation to Cobh hospital part of this claim, has
The Labour Court is to issue
US
WIN Vol 26 No 3 April 2018 Venezuela on behalf of Cobh Community Community hospital, which Court process. however, both
now superseded the Labour
Labour Court on March 7, 2018
• Over 18,000 Kaiser RNs
prepared to strike in
parties reserve the right to
hospital members seeking
California
is a section 39 organisation,
that the national WRC process
pay restoration in line with
return to the court if required,
pending the outcome of the
which is currently in progress
the public sector workers as
• Nurses rejected salary increase
per the Public Service Stability
seeking pay restoration for
national WRC process.
announced by Maduro
Agreement.
S39 Organisations with Cobh
– Liam Conway, INMO IRO