#nurses union (PASYNO)

The strengthening of the nursing profession is central to ensuring quality health services are delivered on the island, the health ministry said on International Nurses Day on Tuesday. “Continuing education, ...

Cyprus’ healthcare system is operating under sustained pressure due to a structural shortage of nurses, with delays in workforce reforms affecting both private hospitals and services operating under the national ...

The shortage of nursing staff is in the region of 600 according to Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides, who has been trying to solve the problem caused by the public sector nursing ...

Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides assured on Friday that the government aims to promote discussion of the foreign nurses bill in parliament before the current term concludes. Refuting reports that the ...

The president of the Cyprus association of private hospitals (Pasin), Marios Karaiskakis, could not hide his anger and frustration with the authorities, speaking about the nursing shortage on state radio ...

State doctors union Pasyki on Friday demanded a thorough investigation into incidents raised by the nurses’ union (Pasyno), warning that vague reassurances do not answer serious safety concerns. Pasyki argued ...

Pasydy union nurses have raised alarm over overcrowding in public hospitals, warning that increased winter admissions, mainly of patients with pulmonary problems and influenza, are placing patients and staff at ...

As Cyprus prepares to enter 2026, nursing unions are intensifying pressure on the health ministry, warning that unresolved staffing and planning failures are pushing the health system towards a breaking point. ...

The nurses’ union (Pasyno) on Wednesday condemned in strong terms the state’s inability to ensure their safety after yet another attack against a member of staff at the Nicosia ...

Around 250 seconded nurses are being forced to perform other duties in addition to or instead of their own jobs, leaving hospitals short of nurses, nurses’ union Pasyno chairman Christos Christodoulou ...

A spat broke out on Thursday between the state health service organisation (Okypy) and the nurse’s union Pasyno, after the latter claimed that patients at the Athalassa Psychiatric Hospital ...

The government on Tuesday denied President Nikos Christodoulides interfered with the health minister’s role in a strike at Famagusta general hospital. Nursing and medical unions had announced a half-hour ...

Nurses union Pasyno and civil servants union Pasydy have called on the authorities to take measures following incidents involving aggressive behaviour against nurses at accident and emergencies departments around Cyprus ...

Nursing staff on Thursday have called on the government to start paying a “shift allowance,” which they were receiving on top of their salaries prior to the 2013 financial crisis. In ...

Nurses’ union Pasyno has called on Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas to intervene over what it branded “bad management” Nicosia general hospital which it claimed puts patients and staff in danger. ...