The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is calling on all Federal Senators to support a private member’s bill, the Aged Care Amendment (Registered Nurses Ensuring Quality Care) Bill 2021, scheduled to be introduced by Senator Rex Patrick today (1 September, 2021). There is currently no national law requiring registered nurses to be rostered in nursing homes […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association proudly represents over 73,000 nurses and midwives across the state. As frontline workers, our members have been shouldering the burden of the pandemic, working their guts out to hold the health system together. Many have gathered the courage to come forward publicly and speak about their experiences, bringing attention […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has announced the appointment of Ms Shaye Candish as Assistant General Secretary and Branch Assistant Secretary of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation NSW Branch, with effect from today. A registered nurse specialising in emergency care, Shaye Candish joined the NSWNMA as an Organiser within the public health […]
A coalition of peak nursing organisations is calling on National Cabinet today to include Australia’s highly-skilled nursing practitioner (NP) workforce in the COVID vaccination roll-out. Nurses deliver the majority of vaccines in Australia and NPs are the most highly skilled and educated nurses in the clinical nursing workforce. NPs have the qualifications and expertise to […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has confirmed public sector members will continue to raise awareness of staffing issues and pursue nurse-to-patient ratios for NSW, in light of the significant pressures impacting the state’s health system. Yesterday, the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) approved the NSW government’s 2.04% pay offer for public sector nurses […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has criticised the decision to make COVID-19 vaccinations compulsory for the aged care workforce, given the Commonwealth government’s poor management of the rollout to date. NSWNMA General Secretary, Brett Holmes, said the shift to mandatory vaccinations for residential aged care workers after months of inconsistencies, was another example […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) applauds the motion passed in the NSW Upper House last night, calling for fair pay for nurses and midwives and mandated nurse-to-patient ratios in NSW public hospitals. The motion brought on by Greens MLC, Cate Faehrmann, called on all members to support the NSWNMA’s demands for better pay […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has labelled today’s state budget a missed opportunity, after the NSW government failed to address the need for nurse-to-patient ratios in public hospitals. Despite the NSW government’s 2.5% public sector wages backflip, nurses and midwives questioned whether it was another attempt to silence their safe staffing concerns. NSWNMA […]
Pressure is mounting inside the state’s emergency departments (EDs), with the latest hospital data revealing the time patients spend waiting to be admitted has blown-out to more than five and a half hours, the longest median time recorded in the past five years. The Bureau of Health Information’s latest quarterly report has reinforced concerns raised […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has warned critical care units, which have been vital in the fight against COVID-19, are so poorly staffed*, patients are at risk of dying. Nurses inside critical care units, which combine intensive care, high dependency and coronary care patients, say the shortage of appropriately skilled nurses has left […]
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