This morning, both the Prime Minister and Treasurer revealed last week’s COAG income tax debate was all a strategy to call the states’ bluff. I think what the Prime Minister did last Friday was call their bluff – Treasurer, Scott Morrison Their call for us to raise taxes has no credibility…what that means is that […]
Pressure is mounting on the federal government to provide a long-term strategy to manage the country’s hospital funding crisis after states rejected the government’s latest iteration of tax policy. The delay is forcing NSW public hospitals to consider unsustainable short-term fixes in the meantime, such as private partnerships, to cope with increasing hospital admissions and […]
Organisations around the state have joined the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) to support the need for registered nurses to be on site at all times in aged care facilities where there are people with high care needs. Today, 15 organisations, including Council of the Aging (COTA), Cancer Council NSW, NSW division of Australian […]
Unfunded hospital beds will be shut down and elective surgery may be put on hold at the new Wagga Wagga Rural Referral Hospital, following an extraordinary branch meeting between NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members and Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) management this afternoon. NSWNMA members raised their serious concerns about nurse staffing, skill […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has successfully negotiated minimum staffing requirements at the new South East Regional Hospital in Bega, just two weeks out from its opening on 8 March. Current Bega Hospital staff voiced concerns about insufficient recruitment numbers at the new facility, given the increase in size and services. The majority […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association will participate in a community led rally to save Medicare at Sydney Town Hall tomorrow, Saturday (20 February). The NSWNMA has been campaigning against the Liberal Government’s plan to cut $650 million from funding for pathology tests and diagnostic imaging services, which will result in the removal of 23 […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has called on all levels of government to proactively reduce and prevent incidents of elder abuse occurring in residential aged care facilities. In its report ‘Who will keep me safe? Elder Abuse in Residential Aged Care’, the NSWNMA identifies the provision of adequate staffing and skill-mix as the […]
New mothers in Bathurst and the surrounding areas are set to benefit from improved maternity services at Bathurst Base Hospital as a result of lobbying by the local branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA). Birth Rate Plus data, a tool for calculating midwifery staffing, obtained by the Bathurst Base Hospital branch, showed […]
After five months of negotiations, changes to senior nursing positions throughout Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) are set to occur over the coming months, under a proposed restructure of operations. The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has been involved in the negotiations on behalf of members, from Griffith in the north to Corowa in […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) welcomed today’s first roundtable to discuss serious violent incidents and aggression occurring in public hospitals throughout the state. The NSWNMA, together with the Health Services Union (HSU), Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation (ASMOF) and Australian Medical Association of NSW (AMA), met with officials from the Ministry of Health […]
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