Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion

Ms Sylvia Chambers:

Absolutely. Morale is extremely low. We do a safety pause every morning. Funny and all as it might sound, we try to manifest a nice day. Within that, we hope nobody gives out us today. Things have gone to that stage. It does not bear thinking about. I am dedicated. As I said, I have been a nurse for 18 years. I do not want to leave the profession. I love the emergency department, but I am now considering alternatives and re-evaluating my career. I should not have to do that. I am a good nurse and I love what I do, but the environment we work in is not good. It is not fair on sick children.