The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) vehemently opposes the state government’s abrogation of its responsibility to provide public health care on Sydney’s Northern Beaches through its proposal for a privately-operated hospital to effectively replace Manly and Mona Vale Hospitals. It was a great disappointment to read Premier Mike Baird’s recent responses to Manly Daily […]
Nurses, midwives, doctors, healthcare workers, industry experts, university students and concerned citizens will gather in Sydney this evening over the proposed changes to Australia’s universal health care system. Mobilised by their opposition towards any dismantling of Medicare, the group will discuss impacts of the Abbott Government’s $7 co-payment for GP visits, diagnostic and pathology services. […]
400 nurses go, if 300 beds shut down The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has written to NSW Health Minister, Jillian Skinner, seeking an urgent meeting to discuss the implications of the federal Budget on public health services across the State. Premier Mike Baird indicated around 300 beds would have to close from 1 […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has condemned the Abbott Government’s first Budget as an attack on the state’s health system with long-lasting side effects, ahead of the federal opposition’s Budget in Reply later today. General Secretary of the NSWNMA, Brett Holmes, said Tony Abbott’s decision to introduce a $7 mandatory co-payment for GP […]
It is this simple – last night’s budget is a savage assault to the heart of the Australian way of life. It is government delivering for their big business mates by make life harder for working people. The fight back starts now and we need you to play a central part. Australian Unions are hitting the airways […]
The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has joined a global campaign opposed to a sweeping trade deal which could threaten the provision of public services and open the door to full privatisation. Rallies have been staged in number of countries today to protest against secret negotiations resuming in Geneva, Switzerland, on the […]
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The country’s largest health union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), says reports the Abbott Government is considering a new “hospital tax” will end universal healthcare for all Australians. ANMF Federal Secretary, Lee Thomas, said Medicare is a taxpayer funded universal healthcare system that must always be controlled by Australian taxpayers. “We are concerned […]
Is the growth in public spending on health making Medicare unaffordable? Just because the Government says something, doesn’t make it true. The reality is that in the coming decades, spending on healthcare will grow but incomes will also grow. Households will decide for themselves how to spend that real income growth but it can be […]
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