The NSW Nationals conference commenced on 14th June and an ad in the local paper in Bathurst is calling on all Nats MPs to put the safety of their country constituents first. With the apparent support of State National Party MPs, the O’Farrell Government is refusing to improve and extend mandated minimum nurse-to-patient ratios to: […]
The O’Farrell Government is using its dictatorial industrial relations laws to try and sideline the debate about improved nurse staffing and safer patient care in NSW public hospitals and community health services, the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) said today. At the NSWNMA’s bimonthly Committee of Delegates meeting on 21 May workplace delegates from […]
The NSW Government is refusing to provide guaranteed, safer nursing and midwifery levels for seriously ill children, emergency departments, high dependency units and rural hospitals and multipurpose services, and safer nursing and midwifery staffing arrangements in community health services, the NSWNMA said today. The O’Farrell Government is also seeking to discount its legislated 2.5 percent […]
NSWNMA members at Gunnedah Hospital and community health services will rally today, 17 May, in support of guaranteed minimum staffing ratios, which provide better and safer patient care, and equal treatment for rural and regional patients. At the lunchtime rally they will call for the same guaranteed minimum nursing hours, in general wards, as the […]
The NSW Government has presented an unacceptable offer on the NSWNMA ratios and pay claim, at a meeting held today. Two months after presenting the claim to put patient safety first, the Government has delivered a categorical ‘no’ to improving and extending the successful Award nursing hours/ratios system that nurses and midwives won through tough […]
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 […]
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 […]
NSWNMA branches at the state’s public hospitals and community health centres are continuing to vote on a proposed staff ratios and wages claim which challenges the O’Farrell Government to build on the safer hospital staffing levels introduced in 2011 under an agreement between NSWNMA and the previous Labor government. The current branch-voting schedule for the […]
NSWNMA branches at the state’s public hospitals and community health centres start voting today, 18 February, on a proposed staff ratios and wages claim that 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. Branches that have advised they […]
Nurses and midwives around the state are to start voting on their staff ratios and wages claim next week. NSW still doesn’t guarantee safe nursing levels for seriously ill children, emergency departments or rural hospitals. NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) branches at public hospitals and community healthcare centres around NSW will start voting next […]
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