Palliative nurse responds to the RN 24/7 decision
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 […]
Government response to Inquiry into RNs in nursing homes
Here is the NSW Government’s response to Jan Barham MLC, chair of the Inquiry into registered nurses in NSW nursing homes: Government response – Registered nurses in New South Wales nursing homes
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 […]
Windsor health forum – aged care, Medicare and health funding
Aged care providers support compulsory registration
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has commended the Aged Care Guild for supporting the registration of unregulated care workers in its submission to the Senate inquiry into the future of Australia’s aged care sector work force. In its recommendations, the Guild requested the Committee consider compulsory registration for all aged care workers, which […]
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 […]
