Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) are engaged in an ongoing dialogue with the Illawarra-Shoalhaven Local Health District (LHD) to implement a long-term solution and resolve nursing staff shortages at Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital. Two beds remain closed in Medical ward A, after a staffing shortfall was identified during night shift on […]
A number of beds will begin shutting down from Monday afternoon at Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital on the state’s south coast, following action by members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) over ongoing nursing staff shortages in Medical ward A. At a meeting last Thursday, members of the Shoalhaven District Hospital branch unanimously […]
Information about the 2014 PHS claim and campaign Worse than Work Choices – how Mike Baird took away public sector nurses and midwives’ rights at work – July 2014: Worse than Work Choices PHS circular 4 July 2014: Tell The Government Thanks But No Thanks PHS circular 20 June 2014: Nurses say: Premier Baird your money won’t buy […]
Nursing and midwifery delegates of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association claimed a victory at their 69th annual conference in Sydney today, after successfully lobbying for political support in their fight for improved nurse-to-patient ratios. The state’s Shadow Minister for Health, Dr Andrew McDonald, received a rousing applause from the packed Rosehill Gardens Grand Pavilion, […]
Nurses and midwives from across NSW have called on the state’s Health Minister Jillian Skinner to deliver improved and expanded nurse-to-patient ratios throughout the public health system as a matter of urgency. Mrs Skinner was greeted to the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association’s (NSWNMA) 69th annual conference underway at Rosehill Gardens by 430 delegates with […]
Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) are taking their campaign for improved nurse-to-patient ratios and the need to save Medicare to the local community for support. The members, from Liverpool Hospital Branch of the NSWNMA, have called on the NSW government to extend nurse-to-patient ratios into more public health facilities and specialty […]
An imposed pay increase – with no improvement in ratios The NSW Government’s wages laws continue to deny any real role for the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) in determining the appropriateness of our pay or the merits of ratios, nor do they allow any real bargaining to occur. Prior to these draconian laws, the […]
Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) are speaking with their local community about their campaign for improved nurse-to-patient ratios and the need to save Medicare. The members, from NSWNMA Bankstown Hospital Branch, have been calling on the NSW government to extend nurse-to-patient ratios into more public health facilities and specialty units, particularly […]
A wages ‘offer’ you can’t refuse… As members would be aware, last year the NSW Government attempted to silence our campaign for putting patient safety first by applying to the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) to unilaterally pay 2.27% to Public Health System (PHS) nurses and midwives. We got their money, and continued our campaign […]
Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) will hit the Sapphire Marketplace on Wednesday, 2 July, to speak with locals about their campaign for improved nurse-to-patient ratios. The members, from NSWNMA Bega District Hospital Branch, are calling on the NSW government to extend nurse-to-patient ratios into all public health facilities and specialty units, […]
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