At the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association bi-monthly Committee of Delegates meeting held on 21 May 2024, delegates again discussed the ongoing war in Gaza. It is clear the horrors being inflicted, and the continuing plight of the hostages, must be ended by the international community. Australia must increase its role in doing so. Our […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has welcomed the release of the NSW Select Committee on Birth Trauma report, which includes 43 recommendations to overhaul maternity care in the state. The recommendations focus on investing and expanding midwifery-led continuity of care models, including Midwifery Group Practice, and addressing staffing shortages through improvements to pay […]
NSW emergency departments (ED) are under more pressure than ever before, with a record number of attendances across the state, reinforcing the need for safe nurse-to-patient ratios to be rolled out urgently. According to the latest Bureau of Health Information (BHI) report, there were 810,201 ED attendances in the January to March quarter, up 5.2% […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has welcomed a boost to staffing numbers, with the imminent introduction of nurse-to-patient ratios in NSW public hospitals. Shift by shift ratios will begin in the emergency departments (EDs) at Royal North Shore and Liverpool hospitals in the coming weeks. Around 70 additional full time equivalent (FTE) nurses […]
The largest union in the country, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) welcomes the Albanese Government’s $8.5 billion in the Budget for health, including $2.8 billion to strengthen Medicare and $2.2 billion for aged care to continue implementation of the Royal Commission’s recommendations. The ANMF applauds new Medicare rebates for midwives to provide longer […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) will pursue a 15% pay rise and improvements in conditions to repair the depleted nursing and midwifery workforce in the state’s public hospitals. The NSWNMA is calling on the state government to invest in nurses and midwives in order to rebuild the public sector workforce after years of […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has commended the Albanese Government on new support payments for student nurses and midwives undertaking clinical placement training. Under the ‘Commonwealth Prac Payment’, eligible undergraduate nursing and midwifery students and diploma of nursing students will be paid $319.50 a week during their mandatory clinical and professional training periods. […]
Australia’s peak nursing and midwifery organisations welcome the release of the Scope of Practice Review Issues Paper Two. The paper provides a considered, evidence-based approach that recognises four challenges to the delivery of primary health care (PHC) in Australia: Poor recognition of the skills that primary care health professionals have Inadequate preparation [of health professionals] for […]
Relieved nurses and midwives have secured their leave entitlements in a major win for all healthcare staff at Hawkesbury Hospital. After months of negotiations between the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) and the NSW government, an agreement has been reached allowing all staff the option to transfer their accrued annual and long service leave […]
Nurses and midwives at Hawkesbury District Health Service are feeling distressed over concerns their leave entitlements will not be transferred. From July, Hawkesbury District Health Service, which has been operated by St John of God Health Care for the past eight years, will return to public hands. Staff have been informed their accrued annual and long service leave […]
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