SIPTU calls on HSE to address dispute over radiographer tutor retention crisis

by | Mar 6, 2026 | Allied Health Professionals Sector, General News, Health, Latest News

SIPTU representatives have urged the HSE to take immediate action to resolve a dispute arising from a recruitment and retention crisis affecting Clinical Practice Tutors in Radiography. SIPTU Sector Organiser, John McCamley, said: “Consistent failures to address...

SIPTU to play key role in HSE Pay and Number Strategy talks

by | Mar 3, 2026 | Health, Latest News Home, SIPTU Bulletin

SIPTU will be a key participant in this year’s Pay and Number Strategy talks with the HSE after claims that it was in breach of a staffing agreement across grades. This comes after the HSE was taken to the Labour Court for failing to engage and consult on a...

National Ambulance Service dispute intensifies following student jobs decision

by | Feb 27, 2026 | Ambulance Sector, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU members are urging the HSE’s National Ambulance Service (NAS) to reverse its decision not to offer student paramedics full-time contracts following graduation, breaking with what had previously been common practice. SIPTU Sector Organiser John McCamley said:...

National Ambulance Service to ballot for industrial action in salary scales dispute

by | Feb 20, 2026 | Ambulance Sector, General News, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU members in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) are balloting for industrial action in a dispute with management resulting from a failure to implement the recommendations of an independent report on updating staff salary scales in recognition of changes in their...

Donegal HSE Home Support HCAs secure overtime payments

by | Feb 19, 2026 | General News, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home

Health Care Assistants (HCAs) in the HSE Home Support Service in County Donegal have secured back payment of overtime owed to them since 2018, after a threat of industrial action led to management providing written commitments in talks with SIPTU representatives. A...

SIPTU Donegal HSE Health Care Assistants’ industrial action postponed pending talks 

by | Feb 12, 2026 | Health, Latest News, Press Releases

A 24-hour strike involving Health Care Assistants (HCAs) in Home Support in Donegal, set for tomorrow (Friday, 13th February), has been suspended after progress was made between HSE and SIPTU representatives regarding key dispute issues. SIPTU Organiser, Graham...