Health
Medical Society Calls for Talks
Manx Care has said it has no more money to offer nurses, but wants to resume talks.
The island’s Medical Society has made clear its support of nurses due to strike tomorrow, which also calling for more talks between unions and healthcare bosses.
Manx Care has said it has no more money to offer nurses, but wants to resume talks.
A statement from the Isle of Man Medical Society said: ‘We stand in solidarity with our nursing colleagues and support the RCN in making the decision to escalate strike action. That such a measure is necessary indicates just how little support nurses are receiving, as they work beyond their limits to provide patient care. Manx Care staff have demonstrated time and time again their enormous value, yet the senior managers continually fail to recognise this.
‘We are disappointed that Manx Care has not entered into meaningful discussions about the pay and working conditions of nurses, doctors and other Healthcare staff, while continuing to push our health service further into decline. On the background of a recruitment and retention crisis of nursing and medical staff, it is imperative that Manx Care enter meaningful negotiations in good faith to improve pay, terms and working conditions for all staff.
‘How much worse must the situation get before Manx Care gets to grips with the crisis and shows nurses that it genuinely values them? The ball is firmly in their court.’
Meanwhile, Manx Care’s executive director of nursing Paul Moore has told Energy FM that the ‘risk to patient safety is significant’ as a result of the strikes and called for the RCN to call off its action.
