NSWNMA - The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association

Opal rejects guaranteed ratios

Below is what Opal have said about our claim – tell us what you think now at op**@********sn.au Download as a PDF or read below.

NSWNMA commends Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MLC

The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has welcomed the notice served by Shooters, Fishers and Farmers’ MLC Robert Brown to introduce a bill to define a ‘nursing home’ in the Public Health Act 2010. This morning, Hon. Robert Brown MLC took gave notice in the Legislative Council to introduce the Public Health Amendment (Registered […]

Aged care under serious threat of destabilisation

The federal government’s decision to slash $1.2 billion in funding from the budget for nursing home residents with complex health care needs has put Australia’s aged care sector in serious danger. Less than a week after the NSW government announced its decision to remove the requirement for registered nurses in NSW nursing homes, the funding […]

Australian College of Nursing (ACN) concern on plan to remove RN 24/7

In light of NSW Health’s response to the 2015 Parliament of NSW Inquiry into Registered nurses in NSW nursing homes, handed down by the Hon. Jillian Skinner, NSW Health Minister, Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is concerned with plans to remove the legal requirement for a registered nurse (RN) to be on site and available […]

NSW Government drops RNs in aged care

NSW Minister for Health, Jillian Skinner, has responded to the Inquiry into registered nurses in NSW nursing homes with the intention to remove the legal requirement for a registered nurse to be on site at all times in aged care facilities where there are people with high care needs. In her response to the inquiry’s […]

Future of registered nurses in NSW aged care – open letter to the Health Minister

Sixteen health care and community groups have written an open letter to the NSW Health Minister stressing the need to keep the requirement for registered nurses in high needs aged care at all times. The Hon. Jillian Skinner, MP Minister for Health GPO Box 5341 Sydney NSW 2001 RE: Future of registered nurses in aged care […]

Parliamentary speakers on RN24/7 in NSW nursing homes

Jan Barham MLC (Greens), Robert Borsak MLC and Robert Brown MLC (Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party) spoke in the NSW Parliament on Wednesday 8 March about the need for registered nurses around the clock in aged care homes. Here is the Hansard record of their speeches. Report: Registered Nurses in New South Wales Nursing Homes […]

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