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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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Mental Health
Scaling down aggression during COVID-19
June 4, 2020
Clear communication with mental health consumers and reducing boredom is at the heart of an…
Public Health
Invest more in nurses, says WHO
June 4, 2020
The World Health Organization has released its State of the World Nursing 2020 report, which…
Public Health
20 per cent of Spanish Covid-19 cases are health worker...
June 4, 2020
Spain is, by far, the country with the highest number of corona-virus infections among healthcare workers,…
Community Campaigns
Bolsonaro prioritises chaos over welfare of Brazilian p...
June 4, 2020
Brazilian president undermines his own government’s COVID-19 strategy by flaunting social distancing measures. Over Easter,…
Unions
ACTU releases blueprint to rebuild economy
June 4, 2020
The ACTU’s eight-point plan calls for the creation of two million new secure jobs and…
Drug and Alcohol
Opioids cause 2,200 deaths and cost $15.7 billion a yea...
June 4, 2020
In a single year, extra-medical opioid use caused more than 2,200 deaths, 32,000 hospital admissions…
Unions
AFR advocates “permanent industrial relations overhau...
June 4, 2020
Never a group to miss an opportunity in a crisis, the business lobby is dusting…
Community Campaigns
Urban Aboriginal people at high risk from coronavirus
June 4, 2020
The federal government moved to socially isolate remote Aboriginal communities but needs to do more…
Community Campaigns
Biosecurity Act gives health minister power “only fou...
June 4, 2020
When parliament passed the 700-page Biosecurity Act in 2015, its all-encompassing powers passed under the…