Nurses and midwives across NSW are committed to advocating for healthier and stronger communities.

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What we achieve

Legal and industrial support

Expert legal advice and representation for injuries or disputes at work, coroner’s inquest, professional disciplinary hearings…

Advice and information

Expert, up-to-date information and support on your workplace issue – leave, rostering, patient complaints and more…

Pay and conditions

We represent your industrial interests in all NSW awards and agreements - public, private and aged care.

Professional development

Educational seminars, scholarships, research and reports on a wide range of professional and industrial issues.
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Member Stories

NSWNMA to the rescue

The accident that ripped a muscle in my shoulder would have also torn a hole in my finances had I not been a member of the NSWNMA. In November 2014, I was travelling from my ... Read More Learn more >

Invaluable support over a complaint

The NSWNMA has given me invaluable support over the years, but never more so than when a complaint to the Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC) was lodged against me some years ago when I was ... Read More Learn more >

More than just me

Meeting so many other people of like mind, being able to work with them, bounce ideas off them and work together to achieve great results has been inspiring. It has allowed me to see that ... Read More Learn more >

Ratios for Aged Care. 
Make them law now

It’s a crisis that shames us. Our aged care system has been ignored by governments far too long.

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A message from Brett Holmes

Every month The Lamp carries an editorial by Brett Holmes, General Secretary of the NSWNMA.

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Ask Judith

NSWNMA Assistant General Secretary Judith Kiejda has the answers on your work rights and entitlements.

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Media

Midwifery-led care model on Central Coast seeking more support, not less

Posted on October 3, 2019

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Poor staffing increases aged care hospitalisations

Posted on September 26, 2019

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Bankstown-Lidcombe ED nurses under rising pressure

Posted on September 25, 2019

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Staff raise safety concerns at Leeton hospital

Posted on September 18, 2019

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