Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare Quality use of Medicines guidance
Click here to read or download the NSWNMA Submission ACSQHC QUM consultation response December 2021
AHRC National Anti-Racism Framework
Click here to read or download the NSWNMA Submission to the National Anti-Racism Framework consultation December 2021
The Shift with Shaye – We Won’t Wait
This week Shaye sit down with Natalie Lang (Secretary, Australian Services Union) to discuss the We Won’t Wait campaign. In Australia a woman dies every week because of family and domestic violence. Family and domestic violence is the leading cause of death, disability and illness among women aged 15-44 years, greater than cancer or heart […]
Aligning regulation across the care and support sector
Click here to read or download the NSWNMA Submission Aligning regulation across the care and support sector
ED nurses ‘stretched beyond limits’ in John Hunter Hospital
Excessive overtime and unsafe staffing inside John Hunter Hospital’s emergency department (ED) has prompted grave concerns for patient safety as the busy summer holiday period begins. Today, NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members and supporters gathered outside the hospital to raise community awareness of the staffing issues, after Hunter New England Local Health District […]
PWC Consultation on Expansion of Quality Indicators in Residential Aged Care
Click here to read or download the NSWNMA Submission Consultation on Expansion of QI in RAC
Central Coast nurses and midwives rally against ‘unprecedented’ low staffing levels
Fed up with unreasonable workloads and management delays, Central Coast nurses and midwives will hold rallies this week to voice their frustrations and demand immediate action to resolve dangerous staffing levels at 2 hospitals. Nurses and midwives from Wyong Hospital will take action TODAY followed by another rally at Gosford Hospital on Wednesday. Both Gosford […]
ED staff demand Premier fix Westmead Hospital issues
An open letter has been sent to the NSW Premier and the Health Minister calling for urgent action to address what clinicians have described as ‘chronic understaffing’ and ‘access block’ inside Westmead Hospital’s emergency department (ED). Signed by over 200 emergency department nurses, registrars, senior medical officers, administration, orderlies and security guards, the open letter […]
Future of Delegate Multi-Purpose Service ‘clear as mud’
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has backed urgent calls for the state government to provide more certainty to aged care residents and staff at Delegate Multi-Purpose Service (MPS) in the state’s far south. Residents’ families, community members and nurses remain concerned about the future of the MPS, after Southern NSW Local Health District […]
Government attacks workers battling COVID-19, in favour of small business
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) says its members are outraged by the NSW government’s intention to clawback amendments to the Workers Compensation Act 1987 regarding COVID-19 claims. NSWNMA General Secretary, Brett Holmes, said upper house members of parliament received more than 24,800 emails from public sector nurses and midwives over the weekend, begging […]
