Nurses working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Westmead Hospital have called on the NSW Health Minister to urgently intervene, after raising serious short staffing and patient safety concerns during at own-time rally in Western Sydney today. For months, members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) Westmead Hospital branch have escalated […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has slammed a decision by Western Sydney Local Health District to shutdown an entire 29-bed ward at Westmead Hospital due to budget constraints, following minimal consultation with staff and the community. Over two hundred nurses and midwives gathered outside Westmead Hospital this afternoon to highlight their disappointment, as […]
Five beds must be closed in understaffed surgical ward Maternity unit has 35 FTE vacancies. All other wards and units are being assessed this week Ongoing nurse and midwife shortages at Westmead Hospital mean a number of services have to be reconfigured to ensure safe patient care can be delivered by the available nurses and […]
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