The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has commended several long-overdue improvements proposed by the Mental Health Commission of NSW, but noted some recommendations required detailed exploration for best practice and implementation. General Secretary of the NSWNMA, Brett Holmes, welcomed a key objective within the recently released report, Living Well: A Strategic Plan for Mental […]
The Abbott Government has shown its true colours – at a time when they hope no one is looking – by announcing a wholesale review of Australia’s workplace laws that will see wages, conditions and rights at work slashed. ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver said that going after wages and conditions on the Friday afternoon before […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has joined the chorus of civil society groups in raising concern over threats to health care rights in Australia, as a result of current Government policies linked to free trade agreements. This follows a second leak of draft text contained in the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), which […]
The push for improved nurse-to-patient ratios throughout the state’s public hospitals, particularly for emergency departments, is ramping up across Sydney. As part of efforts to achieve increased nurse-to-patient ratios of one nurse to three patients within emergency departments (1:3 in ED), members of Bankstown Hospital Branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) have […]
The push for improved nurse-to-patient ratios throughout the state’s public hospitals, particularly for emergency departments, is ramping up in Western Sydney. As part of efforts to achieve increased nurse-to-patient ratios of one nurse to three patients within emergency departments (1:3 in ED), members of Westmead Hospital Branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) […]
Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) have been buoyed by the support they have received from local residents opposing cuts to nursing staff hours at Gilgandra Multi Purpose Service (MPS). On Saturday 13 December, 14 nurses from the Gilgandra Branch of the NSWNMA held a street stall and spoke to the community […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has called on NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner to be upfront with the nurses and midwives who live and work on Sydney’s Northern Beaches about their future prospects. Less than two weeks out from Christmas, the Health Minister today announced the signing of a multi-million dollar contract with […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) will bring together nursing leaders and key industry stakeholders in Sydney today for unprecedented roundtable discussions on ways of securing employment opportunities for more than 3,000 highly-educated Australian nursing and midwifery graduates unable to find permanent jobs. The ANMF’s Federal Secretary, Lee Thomas, said the ongoing lack of […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) and Save Medicare Sydney have condemned the Abbott Government’s decision to press ahead with its plan to introduce a ‘price signal’ on health care and force Australians seeking medical treatment to question their capacity to pay over their wellbeing. General Secretary of the NSWNMA, Brett Holmes, said no […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says the Abbott Government’s duplicitous move to “dump” its hated $7 GP co-payment while turning GPs into tax collectors remains designed to kill Australia’s system of universal healthcare. ANMF Federal Secretary, Lee Thomas, said Mr Abbott sneakily waited until after Federal Parliament had risen for the year before […]
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