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The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), following its initial perusal of Budget 2015, has said it finds that the provision for health will not be sufficient to address major shortcomings facing the service. The INMO acknowledges that the budget would seem to maintain, for 2015, the level of expenditure actually being incurred in 2014. However this reality only confirms the following: The wholly inadequate budget given to the health service for 2014; The growing problems of lengthening waiting lists and emergency department overcrowding will not be addressed; Minimal potential for the opening of some of the 2,000 beds currently closed; and, Minimal potential for real reform of how services are delivered particularly in the areas of community nursing and other support services in primary care. “The INMO also notes, from within the allocation, that Ireland will spend €2.3 billion on prescription drugs. It remains our contention that this cost is very excessive with drugs in Ireland still being far …
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