A new poll has revealed the Minns government is at odds with New South Wales voters over its handling of the current pay and conditions dispute with nurses and midwives. The state government has been at logger heads with the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) since May, unwilling to negotiate a deal beyond its […]
With sicker patients presenting to NSW emergency departments (ED) and more patients leaving without treatment, the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) is calling on the state government to repair the strained public healthcare system, by investing in its largest workforce. According to the latest Bureau of Health Information (BHI) report, there were 787,590 ED […]
Hundreds of nurses and midwives working for the country’s largest private hospital operator have walked off the job for 24 hours and stage a major rally in Sydney, during Ramsay Health Care’s Annual General Meeting. NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members from 17 Ramsay hospitals across the state have taken part in the strike […]
Nine of the nation’s largest nursing and midwifery organisations have formed an Alliance to campaign for significant and meaningful primary health care reform. The Alliance calls on all governments to enable nurses, nurse practitioners, midwives, and allied health professionals to work to their full scope of practice to improve access to quality and affordable health […]
Public sector nurses and midwives across NSW will go on strike for 24 hours next week, after talks between the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) and the NSW government failed to reach an outcome on wages. The NSWNMA notified its members a short time ago, confirming a 24-hour strike will go ahead from the […]
The recommendations of the ‘Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce’ Scope of Practice Review’ Final Report (‘Report’), allowing highly-trained nurses, midwives and allied health professionals to best utilise their skills, education and extensive experience, provides an important new framework for the delivery of integrated, quality healthcare services across the community, according to the Australian […]
Nurses and midwives have kicked off a campaign against foreign-owned Healthscope, launching historic protected industrial action against the country’s second largest private hospital operator. Hundreds of NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members will participate in two and three-hour work stoppages this week, as they fight for an improved pay and conditions offer. NSWNMA members […]
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has welcomed the Albanese Government’s commitment to expanding fee-free TAFE courses. ANMF Federal Secretary Annie Butler said enduring funding for free TAFE study would help address skills shortages in the nursing and aged care workforces and save students thousands of dollars a year in […]
From this Friday, November 1, landmark laws come into effect across Australia, removing barriers, which for too long, prevented nurse practitioners (NPs) and endorsed midwives from prescribing medicines under the PBS and providing services under Medicare because of the outdated requirement for a ‘collaborative arrangement’ with a medical practitioner. The Federal Secretary of the Australian […]
Australia’s midwifery crisis has been laid bare in a national workforce report, prompting the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) to reiterate calls on state and federal governments, and private employers, to urgently invest and prioritise the profession. The Midwifery Futures Report highlights the current state of midwifery in Australia, with more than a third […]
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