The largest union in the country, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) welcomes the Albanese Government’s $8.5 billion in the Budget for health, including $2.8 billion to strengthen Medicare and $2.2 billion for aged care to continue implementation of the Royal Commission’s recommendations. The ANMF applauds new Medicare rebates for midwives to provide longer […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) will pursue a 15% pay rise and improvements in conditions to repair the depleted nursing and midwifery workforce in the state’s public hospitals. The NSWNMA is calling on the state government to invest in nurses and midwives in order to rebuild the public sector workforce after years of […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has commended the Albanese Government on new support payments for student nurses and midwives undertaking clinical placement training. Under the ‘Commonwealth Prac Payment’, eligible undergraduate nursing and midwifery students and diploma of nursing students will be paid $319.50 a week during their mandatory clinical and professional training periods. […]
Australia’s peak nursing and midwifery organisations welcome the release of the Scope of Practice Review Issues Paper Two. The paper provides a considered, evidence-based approach that recognises four challenges to the delivery of primary health care (PHC) in Australia: Poor recognition of the skills that primary care health professionals have Inadequate preparation [of health professionals] for […]
Relieved nurses and midwives have secured their leave entitlements in a major win for all healthcare staff at Hawkesbury Hospital. After months of negotiations between the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) and the NSW government, an agreement has been reached allowing all staff the option to transfer their accrued annual and long service leave […]
Nurses and midwives at Hawkesbury District Health Service are feeling distressed over concerns their leave entitlements will not be transferred. From July, Hawkesbury District Health Service, which has been operated by St John of God Health Care for the past eight years, will return to public hands. Staff have been informed their accrued annual and long service leave […]
The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) expresses our deepest sympathies to all those impacted by the tragic events at Bondi Junction on Saturday 13 April. The effects of this tragedy are being felt deeply by not only the local community but the whole country. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the families […]
Around 60 aged care nurses and carers from across the country have travelled to Canberra to address the ongoing failures by providers to comply with the federal government’s key aged care reforms. The group is standing together to call out providers, many of whom are proving they can’t be trusted to lift the standard of […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has commended the Albanese Government for introducing new laws which will give highly-trained nurse practitioners (NPs) and midwives greater capacity to provide people with safe, quality care – without the need to visit a GP or a hospital emergency department (ED). This morning, Assistant Minister for Health and […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) is disappointed by the recommendations made in the Aged Care Taskforce’s final report and is urging the federal government to rethink its approach to the aged care system. The 23 recommendations fail to adequately address quality of care and workforce issues within the system which are the fundamental […]
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