Submission to Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy: Current Inquiries into the Climate Change Bill 2020
Click here to view the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association’s submission to the Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy.
Public health promise to Northern Beaches locals broken
As activity returns to pre-pandemic levels inside Sydney’s Northern Beaches Hospital, concerns are rife that private operator, Healthscope, is not living up to its commitments to the local community. Despite the Berejiklian Government promising locals their new hospital would offer the same level of care as any equivalent public hospital in NSW, Healthscope is shifting […]
Blacktown nurses and midwives ordered back to work
After five hours of deliberations in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) last night, more than 150 nurses and midwives have been sent back to work inside Blacktown Hospital. Orders were served against the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) and its members around 10.30pm for the strike action to end. Pushed to the brink […]
Dire situation forces Blacktown midwives to speak out
Traumatised and fatigued midwives at Blacktown Hospital are in desperate need of relief from unsafe staffing levels, which are putting patient safety and their professional registration at risk. Following multiple infant fatalities over the past 18 months and ongoing staffing concerns, the midwives have given Western Sydney Local Health District 48 hours to address their […]
Nurses and midwives’ wages left behind
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has reiterated calls for the Berejiklian Government to value nurses and midwives by reversing its cuts to public sector wages. In today’s NSW Budget, Treasurer Dominic Perrottet delivered nurses and midwives more pain, confirming all public sector wage increases would be capped at a paltry 1.5% over four […]
The Shift Ep. 113: NSWNMA Safe Work Webinar – Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah
Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah FRACP, PhD (Consultant Physician General Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Melbourne spoke at the NSWNMA’s recent Safe Work Webinar. Here she talks about fit testing and a respiratory protection program. Click here to download her presentation. NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association · Ep 113_Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah_Safe Work Webinar
Staffing concerns widespread at Port Macquarie Base Hospital
Battling excessive workloads and chronic understaffing across multiple wards and theatres, members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) fear patient safety is being compromised at Port Macquarie Base Hospital. Mid North Coast Local Health District will open extra beds inside a new ward from tomorrow (9 November) to accommodate increased activity, as elective […]
Treasurer’s new wage cuts rotten to the core
One month after being dealt a bitter 0.3% wage freeze for 2020, thousands of nurses and midwives who have kept public hospitals and health services running across NSW will now face further wage constraints. NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has announced the Berejiklian Government will cap annual public sector wages growth at 1.5% in the upcoming […]
Top gong for rapid response to COVID-19 risks
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has been recognised for its agile response in supporting its nursing and midwifery members at work on the COVID-19 frontline across NSW. During today’s 2020 SafeWork NSW Awards, the NSWNMA received the top union award for ‘Outstanding work health and safety support to members in the changed working […]
The Shift Ep. 112: Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Emergency Superannuation Summit
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) recently held an emergency superannuation summit to address the current situation in Australia with regard to superannuation and proposed changes to legislation by the Morrison Government. Speakers include: Michele O’Neil, Bill Kelty, Jamila Rizvi, Heather Ridout, John Hewson, Emma Dawson and Sherree Clarke. NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association […]
