The Shift with Shaye: Moving on Medicinal Cannabis
This week Shaye speaks with Lynda Balneaves, a registered nurse and cannabis researcher from Canada. NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association · The Shift with Shaye_Moving on Medicinal Cannabis
The Shift with Shaye: 2021 New to Practice Nurse of the Year
On this episode of The Shift with Shaye, NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association Assistant General Secretary, Shaye Candish speaks with the 2021 New to Practice Nurse of the Year, Sonia Kokuru. Have a listen today! NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association · The Shift with Shaye_2021 New to Practice Nurse of the Year
ANMF concerned by removal of COVID-19 safety measures
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has expressed concern that the mandatory COVID isolation period will be scrapped for people who test positive. “We are yet to see the real impact of dropping the isolation period from seven to five days, let alone removing the isolation period altogether. It’s a risk to remove all […]
NSW edges closer to public hospital staffing overhaul
Improvements to patient safety and better working conditions for NSW nurses and midwives are a step closer, following today’s announcement by NSW Labor to overhaul minimum staffing across the public health system. NSW Opposition Leader Chris Minns confirmed a Labor government would scrap the current outdated rostering system and replace it with an enforceable, minimum […]
Ratios: It’s a Life Saver
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) campaign for safe staffing has stepped up with a new television commercial and a website relaunch, asking community members to help convince the NSW government to introduce nurse-to-patient ratios. Titled ‘Ratios – It’s a Life Saver’, the powerful TV commercial depicts an exhausted nurse preparing a hospital bed following […]
Emergency department walk outs show need for ratios
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has urged the NSW government to overhaul the current nursing and midwifery staffing system, as new figures show tens of thousands of frustrated patients have left emergency departments without receiving or completing treatment. New Bureau of Health Information (BHI) data shows 76,117 patients walked out of public hospital […]
Government ignores evidence-based solutions for regional health workforce
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) fears nursing and midwifery staff, patients and services will remain at risk, following the NSW government’s lackluster response to an inquiry into rural, regional and remote health. NSWNMA General Secretary, Shaye Candish, said the NSW government response to nursing and midwifery workforce-related recommendations either referenced previous state budget […]
Nurses and midwives’ rallies for ratios roll on
From Tweed Heads to Albury, Randwick to Broken Hill, a tsunami of scrubs were visible across NSW today as thousands of angry nurses and midwives walked off the job for the third time this year in their fight for safe staffing ratios. Frustrated by the NSW government’s unwillingness to negotiate on nursing and midwifery ratios, […]
ANMF cautions against hasty removal of COVID-19 safety measures
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is urging caution on the potential scaling-back of mandatory COVID isolation to be considered by National Cabinet, saying COVID-19 safety measures must always be based on considered, expert health advice. Speaking as National Cabinet meets today, ANMF Federal Secretary Annie Butler warned that despite daily case numbers falling, […]
NSW government must do better to retain nurses and midwives
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has urged the NSW government to follow Victoria’s lead and future-proof the state’s health system by urgently investing in the nursing and midwifery workforce of tomorrow. In welcoming the Andrews government’s plan to recruit and train 17,000 nurses and midwives, and cover the university fees of more than […]
