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Covid-19: Advice to Fórsa members
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HSA remit should be expanded
by Róisín McKane
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Fórsa: Here to support you
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Updating your contact details
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Lyra McKee anniversary to be marked
by Bernard Harbor
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Fórsa backs nursing home mobilisation
by Bernard Harbor
 

Fórsa has pledged to cooperate fully with HSE plans to deploy public health workers in private nursing homes on a voluntary basis, after gaining important staff protections in an agreement reached with unions earlier this week.

 

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Pregnant staff to be protected
by Bernard Harbor
 

The HSE has conceded that pregnant health workers should not be rostered to Covid-specific units or wards, and should instead be redeployed to lower-risk duties.

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Childcare help demanded
by Mehak Dugal
 

Fórsa has again approached the HSE seeking childcare support for essential health care staff. The union has been looking for this since schools and creches were closed in response to the coronavirus last month.

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Fórsa plans for future challenges
by Bernard Harbor
 

Governments across Europe must shun austerity and take an imaginative approach to the huge fiscal and economic challenges that the coronavirus has unleashed, according to Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan.

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Not all heroes wear capes
by Niall Shanahan
 

Fórsa’s social media campaign to highlight the work of members who are part of the coordinated effort to address the Covid-19 crisis continues this week.

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