One to three in every ED: It’s time to guarantee safe staffing in emergency departments

NSWNMA members at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and nearby community health and community mental health services will today, 11 April, launch their local campaign for a new Public Health System Nurses & Midwives (State) Award, which challenges the O’Farrell Government to build on the safer hospital staffing levels introduced in 2011 under an agreement […]

Patient safety campaign to launch at Kempsey Hospital today

NSWNMA members at Kempsey Hospital and community health services in the Macleay Valley region will at 3pm today launch their local campaign for a new Public Health System Nurses & Midwives (State) Award, which challenges the O’Farrell Government to build on the safer hospital staffing levels introduced in 2011 under an agreement between the NSWNMA […]

Grafton nurses and midwives join campaign for guaranteed safe staffing levels

NSWNMA members at Grafton Hospital and community health services will tomorrow, 27 March, officially launch their local campaign for a new Public Health System Nurses & Midwives (State) Award, which challenges the O’Farrell Government to build on the safer hospital staffing levels introduced in 2011 under an agreement between the NSWNMA and previous Labor government. […]

Ratio campaigns launch in Goulburn and Nowra

NSWNMA members in Goulburn and Nowra today launched their local campaigns for a new Public Health System Nurses & Midwives (State) Award, which challenges the O’Farrell Government to build on the safer hospital staffing levels introduced in 2011 under an agreement between the Association and previous Labor government. The statewide Ratios: Put patient safety first! […]

Bathurst and Tamworth campaign for improved ratios

NSWNMA members at Bathurst and Tamworth today launch their local campaigns for a new Public Health System Nurses & Midwives (State) Award. The statewide Ratios: Put patient safety first! campaign was launched in Sydney on Tuesday, 19 March. Local launches will be held around the state over the next few weeks. The campaign’s first regional […]

Upper Hunter nurses and midwives launch campaign for safer staff ratios and competitive wages

NSWNMA members at Muswellbrook Hospital and across the Upper Hunter region will today launch their local campaign for a new Public Health System Nurses & Midwives (State) Award. The campaign challenges the O’Farrell Government to build on the safer hospital staffing levels introduced in 2011 under an agreement between the NSWNMA and previous Labor government. The […]

PHS Campaign Bulletin 26 Feb 2013: Current ratios system

The current NSW nursing hours/ratios system. In our 2010/2011 Public Health System campaign NSW nurses and midwives won a ground-breaking, mandated minimum staffing system that delivered the first stage of a system to improve patient safety and clinical outcomes. These improvements have been introduced over the past two years and will be fully implemented by […]

Staff ratios and wages claim – branch voting update

NSWNMA branches at the state’s public hospitals and community health centres are continuing to vote this week on a proposed staff ratios and wages claim. The claim challenges the O’Farrell Government to build on the safer hospital staffing levels introduced in 2011 under an agreement between the NSWNMA and previous Labor government. The current branch-voting schedule […]

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