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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
‘Cabin fever’: Australia must prepare for t...
March 19, 2020
As the COVID-19 outbreak intensifies, we’re seeing mass isolation in virus epicentres, with about 500…
Unions
Nursing students only one solution in response to COVID...
March 18, 2020
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) says the Federal Government…
Aged Care
ANMF calls for stop on all non-essential Aged Care visi...
March 18, 2020
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is calling for a temporary ban on all…
Workplace Issues
NSW hospitals already buckling as presentations jump
March 18, 2020
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has urged the NSW Government to bring forward…
Students
Intl student work conditions to be relaxed
March 18, 2020
The Federal Government has announced that it will relax work conditions for international nursing students,…
Unions
ANMF says Federal Government must be clear on COVID-19...
March 16, 2020
The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), representing over 280,000 members,…
Midwifery
Coronavirus while pregnant or giving birth: here’...
March 16, 2020
Having a baby is stressful enough without a coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and all the associated…
Public Health
Important changes to leave during COVID-19 situation
March 13, 2020
Following discussions between unions and the NSW Ministry of Health, arrangements for leave requests and…
Workplace Issues
Aged care staff in limbo as Gloucester privatises beds
March 12, 2020
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has raised serious staffing concerns over the transfer…