Twenty-four hours after it was announced that 184 graduate nurses based in the West and North West of the county will receive new contracts, controversy has arisen over the pay rates being offered to newly qualified nurses in Cork.

 

Calls are being made for the Health Minister to pay graduate nurses the same rate as staff nurses at Cork University Hospital.

 

The demands are being made by Social Democrats TD Pádraig Rice, who claims that newly qualified nurses at CUH are being paid a student rate.

 

Deputy Rice is calling on Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to act urgently, saying that newly qualified nurses are being treated appallingly.

Twenty-four hours after it was announced that 184 graduate nurses based in the West and North West of the county will receive new contracts, controversy has arisen over the pay rates being offered to newly qualified nurses in Cork.
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Calls are being made for the Health Minister to pay graduate nurses the same rate as staff nurses at Cork University Hospital.
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The demands are being made by Social Democrats TD P&aacute;draig Rice, who claims that newly qualified nurses at CUH are being paid a student rate.
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Deputy Rice is calling on Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to act urgently, saying that newly qualified nurses are being treated appallingly.

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