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UNION WIN: Westmead Branch prevents reduction in beds i...
April 22, 2024
The Westmead Hospital Branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) who successfully staved off an attempt to reduce the staffing profile at the hospital’s Close Observation Unit (COU). Management sought to reduce the unit from 12 beds to 8, without proper staff consultation. The reduction of beds would have seen the unit lose…
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Research
Violence gets worse – but incident reporting is flawe...
February 1, 2021
Physical violence in NSW hospitals has significantly increased and nurses are disproportionately affected. However, NSW…
COVID-19
US working families now prey to twin epidemics
February 1, 2021
With two epidemics now raging at once, life expectancy is set to fall markedly in…
COVID-19
Extreme poverty set to rise from pandemic
February 1, 2021
Most of the “new destitute” will be in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. The World…
Aged Care
Aged-care mogul facing legal action jets overseas
February 1, 2021
A co-owner of Epping Gardens nursing home, which is being investigated over the deaths of…
Career
Not enough nurses
February 1, 2021
The World Health Organization estimates an extra six million nurses are needed globally. COVID-19 has…
COVID-19
Pandemic is driving down wages: ILO
February 1, 2021
The International Labour Organization says the COVID-19 crisis is likely to inflict massive downward pressure…
Climate Change and Environment
Australia needs a better national health plan for clima...
February 1, 2021
At the national level, there is an unwillingness to speak about the damage climate change…
COVID-19
COVID-19 will cost the global economy US$10 trillion
February 1, 2021
The numbers are colossal and may still be an underestimate. In an analysis based on…
Public Health
Getting ready: WHO stockpiles global Ebola vaccine
February 1, 2021
Four leading international health and humanitarian organisations have established a global Ebola vaccine stockpile The…