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Sat 05 May 2007Action by consultants to increase pressure on HSEHealth services are set to come under increasing pressure in the run-up to the general election as hospital consultants join nurses in refusing to co-operate with management on a number of fronts. Eithne Donnellan, Miriam Donohoeand  John Downesreport.With nursing unions already planning to escalate their campaign for better pay and working hours from next week, hospital consultants have also voted to take industrial action.