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New powers for nurse practitioners, midwives to provide...
May 17, 2024
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has commended MPs and Senators for supporting new Legislation which gives highly-trained nurse practitioners (NPs) and midwives the scope to provide people with safe, quality care. The Health Legislation Amendment (Removal of Requirement for Collaborative Arrangement) Bill 2024, passed the Parliament yesterday. The Bill had been introduced into…
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Midwifery-led care model on Central Coast seeking more...
October 3, 2019
Midwives involved in the Midwifery Group Practice service operating across the Central Coast Local Health…
Editorial
Safer work, safer care
October 2, 2019
October has been nominated as Australian Safework Month. In this month’s Lamp, as in many…
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Blacktown wins extra ICU staff
October 2, 2019
Workplace actions have led to a staff increase for Blacktown Hospital’s ICU despite ‘corporate negligence’.…
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Concord members win ‘Nurse Bank’
October 1, 2019
A big public rally over unsafe staffing has helped to persuade management to fill vacant…
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Rural and Remote Branch block move to cut RN ambulance...
October 1, 2019
Wilcannia’s ambulance service will continue to carry a registered nurse after intervention by the NSWNMA.…
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Unfunded beds add to staffing woes
October 1, 2019
Gosford hospital staff say they “have been stretched so thin and for so long” they…
Aged Care
Elderly dumped in aged care scandal
October 1, 2019
A Queensland nursing home left residents homeless and staff unpaid when it abruptly shut down.…
Aged Care
Scandalous, but not illegal
October 1, 2019
The Earle Haven nursing home scandal is outrageous even by the low standards set by…
Workplace News
Health sector safety under examination
October 1, 2019
A new government safety plan aims to dramatically reduce the number of health care employees…