Fórsa will ballot health and social care professionals (HSCPs) for industrial action if the health department proceeds with the recruitment of a chief nursing officer (CNO) on the basis of the current job description, and prior to appointing a specific HSCP advisor to the department. The CNO post, which is currently being advertised, would subsume all other health and social care professions under the authority of a chief nursing officer. Fórsa will not allow independent health professions to become a subset of nursing, as they would under this propos. For a further update click here Nipsa: Community organisations, charities, […]