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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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Aged Care
What can workers in aged care facilities learn from the...
June 4, 2020
The national Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner, Janet Anderson, has described managing a COVID-19…
Aged Care
Asleep at the wheel
June 4, 2020
Most nursing homes did little or nothing to prepare for COVID-19 despite its well-publicised danger…
Aged Care
Elderly pay heaviest price
June 4, 2020
Around the world, COVID-19 has taken a disproportionate toll of aged care residents. “We failed…
Public Health
Wage freeze: “morally questionable and a major econom...
June 4, 2020
Freezing public sector wages – including those of nurses and midwives – would be economically…
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“Heartless and thankless”
June 4, 2020
This letter was sent by registered nurse and midwife Jennifer Greed to her local MP…
Member Stories
“My colleagues are feeling a lot of disappointment wi...
June 4, 2020
Rebecca Rispoli, Branch Secretary of NSWNMA Bulli Hospital Branch, says a lot of the public are…
Public Health
Learning from Asia
June 4, 2020
Why has East Asia tackled COVID-19 better than most Western countries? Western countries dominated a…
Public Health
The American nightmare
June 4, 2020
The US response to the coronavirus has been a disaster of epic proportions. If decisive…
Public Health
‘Forgotten people’ pay the price
June 4, 2020
The coronavirus has had a disproportionate and deadly impact on African Americans, Native Americans, the…