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
Wednesday 3 August, 9am – 5:00pm, ICC Sydney & online 9am Welcome to Country Introduction from MC Julie McCrossin 9.15am Sustain & Retain: A global overview of nurse supply Professor James BuchanUTS, University of Edinburgh 10.15am Morning tea 10.50am Launch – NSWNMA Education portal 11am Panel discussion:Reflections on the pandemic and how nurses […]
After weeks of battling rising patient presentations and no reprieve from chronic short staffing, a group of emergency department nurses staged a walk out, in their own time, from Blacktown and Westmead hospitals this morning. Severe understaffing and a lack of support from the NSW government prompted the nursing staff to walk out at the […]
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has welcomed the Federal Government’s reinstatement of $750 COVID leave disaster payments for essential workers through the latest ‘winter wave’ of the pandemic. Prime Minister Albanese made the decision this morning during a meeting of National Cabinet, following ongoing calls from the ANMF and […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is urging members of the public to protect themselves, their family and friends as a new wave of COVID infections sweeps across the country – and support the nurses, midwives and care workers who have supported us all throughout the pandemic. The ANMF says it is imperative we […]
Nursing staff who manage the state’s busiest emergency department at Newcastle’s John Hunter Hospital have won a long running fight to be paid their correct wages, following a ruling in the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) today. Two years ago, NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members discovered they were being underpaid for their roles […]
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is calling on the new Albanese Government to reverse a decision to scrap COVID leave disaster payments, which have supported frontline workers throughout the pandemic. From today, workers who cannot work due to COVID-isolation requirements, will no longer be entitled to receive emergency payments […]
Frustrated and fatigued, nurses and midwives have declared they will continue their fight for safe staffing ratios across NSW, voting in favour of sustained and escalating industrial action until excessive workloads and widespread burnout is addressed, and better pay achieved. Thousands of NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members joined a Special General Meeting to […]
Nurses and midwives will participate in a mass meeting on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the NSW budget, their current wages and conditions offer and the NSW government’s refusal to address extreme workload issues impacting safe patient care inside public hospitals. Hundreds of NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members will join the meeting at Sydney […]
Hundreds of nurses and midwives will stop work next week to take part in a mass meeting of NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members, furious at the NSW government’s failure to address the urgent need for shift by shift staffing ratios. NSWNMA members believe health policies confirmed in the 2022-23 NSW budget yesterday were […]
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