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 […]
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 […]
A street theatre event, signaling the start of the race to stop $650 million of cuts to Medicare, will entertain and inform city workers on their lunch break at midday TODAY in Martin Place. The action is a joint initiative between the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA), Save Medicare, the Community and Public Sector […]
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 […]
NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) members in Sydney will march with hands tied on Sunday under the banner ‘If you don’t care, we can’t care’, sending a powerful wake-up call to the federal government this May Day. An idiom for “my hands are tied”, the bound wrists signify how the government’s $57 billion health […]
A registered nurse, who was the first Australian to be awarded a Royal Red Cross (RRC 1st class) plus the bar for bravery during World War I, will have a bronze statue erected in her honour next to her unmarked grave. “It was a terrible cruel night; and one that will stand out in memory […]
Brett Holmes, General Secretary of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA), will gather with nurses and midwives at a lunchtime rally outside Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) TODAY, Tuesday 12 April, to call on the State Government to intervene and resolve the car parking problems. Since the 1,050 space carpark was handed back to […]
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 […]
Byron Shire Community Health nurses who are relocating to the new Byron Central Hospital will be forced to take on administrative duties after management announced plans to amalgamate three full time Community Health Administrative Officer Positions into one Administrative team at the new hospital. The proposed changes will have a negative impact on the nurses’ […]
The Mossack Fonseca tax avoidance leaks reported on 4 Corners last night not only reveal the inadequacy of tax avoidance laws in Australia but also raise serious concerns around privatisation. NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA), General Secretary, Brett Holmes, said questions have to be asked around the privatisation of our health services and the […]
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