Photo by The Chief Executive of the HSE says he wants to "capture" Irish nurses by offering them a guaranteed permanent job before they graduate.
A new INMO survey has found 73 per cent of Irish nursing and midwifery interns are considering emigrating once qualified.
The union's conference in Killarney has heard how "the retention issue is as important as recruitment", and Ireland cannot continue to train staff for Australia and Canada.
HSE CEO Bernard Gloster says they're looking at several ways to keep Irish nurses in the health service:
"What we can do and what we have done in recent years and what I intend to build on, is how we, as it were, capture positively in employment, those nurses before they graduate."
"So every graduate is offered a job before they finish their training. I want to see is there a possibility for us in the coming months to further that, in terms of the guarantee that's there for young students, that when they graduate the have a permanent job in a particular part of the health service."
