Hundreds of nurses and midwives at two major Sydney private hospitals have voted down a new enterprise agreement with employer St Vincent’s Health Australia (SVHA), after labelling it ‘disrespectful’ and ‘beyond disappointing’. For more than six months, NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members at St Vincent’s Private Hospital in Darlinghurst and North Sydney’s Mater […]
NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members rallied in their own time outside Blue Mountains District ANZAC Memorial Hospital this afternoon to call for safe staffing across all specialty areas. Members of the NSWNMA Blue Mountains Mental Health Branch highlighted short staffing issues off the back of a historic case filed in the Supreme Court […]
Nurses and midwives from across Western NSW have gathered in their own time today, to rally over short staffing issues and the need for safe nurse-to-patient ratios. After repeatedly raising workloads concerns, NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members at several Health Services and Multi-Purpose Services sought community support for minimum and enforceable staffing ratios […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) today confirmed it will file a major prosecution case in the Supreme Court against the state of NSW for widespread and repeated staffing breaches of the Public Health System Nurses’ and Midwives’ (State) Award. Data obtained from a Government Information Public Access (GIPA) application has uncovered systemic and […]
Nurses and midwives from Wagga Wagga Base Hospital gathered in their own time at the end of night shift on Wednesday to rally over short staffing issues and the need for safe nurse-to-patient ratios. After repeatedly raising workloads concerns, local NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members will call for minimum and enforceable staffing ratios […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has escalated calls for nurse-to-patient ratios to be introduced statewide, off the back of new data showing more patients sought emergency treatment in public hospitals towards the end of 2022 than prior to the pandemic. According to the latest Bureau of Health Information (BHI) report, over 790,300 people […]
There are fresh calls to address widespread burnout and trauma amongst nurses and midwives or risk a devastating loss of experienced clinical staff from the state’s public health system. A new report commissioned by the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has revealed 15 in every 100 nurses and midwives surveyed are suffering symptoms of […]
Nurses and midwives are ramping up their campaign for nurse/midwife-to-patient ratios and will launch a TV advertisement across metropolitan and regional New South Wales today, warning voters of the side effects from chronic understaffing in public hospitals. Following four historic statewide strikes last year, the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) is now targeting state […]
“Exhausted”, “struggling to cope”, “let down”, “dangerous” and “overwhelmed” is how nurses have described working conditions at the prestigious St Vincent’s Private Hospital in Darlinghurst and Mater Private Hospital in North Sydney. For the second time since December, members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) walked off the job at St Vincent’s Private […]
Frustrated by further bargaining delays, hundreds of nurses and midwives at two major private hospitals in Sydney will take protected stop work action for a second time next week. Seeking fair pay and shift by shift staffing ratios, NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members at North Sydney’s Mater Private Hospital and St Vincent’s Private […]
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