The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has received an assurance from the NSW Ministry of Health that registered nurses will remain on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in nursing homes throughout the state. The NSWNMA raised concerns over a proposed amendment to the Public Health Act 2010, which aimed to […]
Unions are alarmed at a decision by the Fair Work Commission which will see the pay packets of the most vulnerable in our working community reduced by 14% on Sundays. ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver said that the Fair Work Commission has carved out the most vulnerable workers and decided that they are entitled to less. […]
Podcasts from the NSWNMA forum for Aged Care Nurses 9 May, 2014: Jane Mahoney, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Palliative Aged Care Consultancy Service (PACCS) Palliative care in aged care Bronwyn Arthur, Nurse Consultant, Aged Care, Sutherland Hospital Nursing Career Pathways in Aged Care Sally Lambourne, Senior Project Manager, Alzheimer’s Australia NSW Moving into Care project
Australians are being encouraged to help find and honour the nation’s leading aged care professionals by nominating them in the 2014 HESTA Aged Care Awards. Nominations are open until Friday 30 May 2014 and the winners will share in a $30,000 prize pool, generously provided by long-term HESTA Awards supporter, ME Bank. HESTA CEO Anne-Marie […]
The country’s largest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has expressed its outrage that the Federal Government has axed wage improvements for low-paid aged care nurses. Federal Secretary, Lee Thomas said the ANMF and its members were appalled the Coalition Government had used its numbers in Parliament last week to vote against […]
Here are some podcasts of speakers at the NSWNMA aged care forum held on 18 October 2013. The speakers are introduced by Stella Topaz, NSWNMA Professional Officer. Bernadette Burke: A nurse practitioner project: improving health in aged care – by Bernadette Burke, Director of Care, Bushland Health Group Caroline Romeo: access and equity in a […]
Accredited Aged Care Facilities Pty Ltd (trading as The Grange – Wodonga) ANF and HSU Enterprise Agreement 2009 Advantaged Care at Bondi Waters, NSWNA & HSU Enterprise Agreement 2010 Aevum Ltd NSWNA & HSU Enterprise Agreement 2010 Aged and Home Care, NSWNA and HSU East Multi-Enterprise Agreement 2011 – 2014 Aged Care Standards and Accreditation […]
The new federal Coalition Government has issued an Aged Care Subsidies Amendment (Workforce Supplement) Determination 2013 which prevents new applications for the workforce supplement in aged care (which formed part of the Living Longer Living Better aged care reform package passed by the previous Labor Government). The Coalition had already expressed its intention to “review” the aged care compact prior to the September 7 election and has […]
Aged care workers are having promised pay rises reduced or withdrawn after the Abbott Government said it would tear up Labor’s workforce compact guaranteeing higher wages in the sector, the ACTU revealed today. The Government must now make clear whether it will follow through with $1.2 billion in funding to lift chronically low pay in […]
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