Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) will today gather outside NSW Parliament with community groups, local government representatives, aged care workers and relatives, ahead of a debate on the future of registered nurses in aged care in NSW. Community support has continued to build across the state, which prompted a petition of […]
Ongoing community support is building across the Tweed region for registered nurses to remain on duty 24/7 in aged care facilities with high-care residents, on the back of a campaign by the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA). On Monday, 7 September, members of the Tweed Heads Community Nurses and Tweed Hospital Branches of the […]
Community support for registered nurses to remain on duty 24/7 in aged care facilities with high-care residents has continued to grow in Wagga Wagga. On Monday, 7 September, members of Wagga Wagga Base Hospital Branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) will hand over more than 5,000 petition signatures, collected from the local […]
Members of Dubbo Base Hospital Branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) have stepped up their campaign calling for registered nurses to remain on duty 24/7 in aged care facilities with high-care residents. Today, Friday 4 September, Branch members will visit Dubbo MP Troy Grant’s office and hand over more than 4,000 petition […]
More than 100 nurses, midwives and residents of Tamworth attended a Community Forum at Tamworth Services Club last night to discuss concerns surrounding ongoing the staffing shortages at Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital. Tamworth Hospital Branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) took the opportunity to outline their concerns regarding serious nursing and midwifery […]
Nurses and midwives on Sydney’s North Shore have managed to fend off substantial cuts to their take-home pay following a recent back down by their employer, Ramsay Health Care. After several weeks of campaigning, members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) have accepted a decision by Ramsay to continue their existing allowances in […]
A community forum will be held in Tamworth this Thursday night to raise public awareness about critical staffing issues at Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital. Despite months of negotiations and two conciliations before the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW (IRC), Tamworth Hospital Branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) maintains that management is ignoring […]
Ongoing nursing staff shortages have prompted the temporary closure of a further two beds inside the sub-acute unit in Chisholm Ross Mental Health Unit at Goulburn. Last Thursday (27 August), Goulburn mental health Branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) resolved to temporarily close the additional two beds as they became available, after […]
Central Coast and Hunter members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) have joined with workers from the aged care, retail and hospitality sectors to defend their penalty rates against future attacks by the Abbott Government. The NSWNMA is supporting a campaign led by local unions, including United Voice and the Shop, Distributive and […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA), together with members of the Tamworth Hospital Branch, today strongly condemned Hunter New England Local Health District (HNE LHD) for failing to uphold safe patient care and workplace safety at the hospital. During an extraordinary meeting of the Branch this afternoon, members expressed their overwhelming disappointment with HNE […]
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