Fianna Fáil TD for Mayo Dara Calleary has said frontline health services in the West could be put under enormous strain if the row between nurses and their regulating body is not resolved.  The nursing board has implemented a massive increase in their registration fee which nurses say is unjustified. Deputy Calleary commented: “Nurses are rightly very annoyed about the 50% increase they’re being asked to pay in their registration fee.  What’s worse is the fact that there is almost no choice.  Nurses working in Mayo General and other hospitals across the country are being told it is illegal for them to practise after January 1st if they haven’t paid … Continue reading Western health services would take major hit in nurse registration row – Calleary