Public Health
Tamworth nurses and midwives pleas for support go unans...
January 13, 2022
As the state’s health system is put under immense pressure from the growing Omicron outbreak, nurses and midwives at Tamworth Base Hospital are frustrated their calls for safe staffing levels in their emergency department (ED) continue to go unanswered. In late December an open letter from staff was sent to the Hunter New England Local…
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Public Health
Tamworth nurses and midwives pleas for support go unans...
January 13, 2022
As the state’s health system is put under immense pressure from the growing Omicron outbreak,…
Public Health
Public health employee information for COVID-19
January 12, 2022
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association is providing support and advice to any members seeking…
Public Health
Delta disruption hurts already strained health system
December 15, 2021
New data shows emergency department (ED) clinicians have continued to persevere through demanding circumstances inside…
Public Health
Staff exhaustion blamed for 7 year old girl’s death...
November 10, 2021
An independent report into the death of Aishwarya Aswath has found that nurses were “exhausted, demoralised and…
Public Health
First Aboriginal COVID-19 vaccination milestone reached...
October 13, 2021
First Aboriginal COVID-19 vaccination milestone reached, but a gap remains – a message to General…
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Nurses and midwives plead caution ahead of NSW reopenin...
October 8, 2021
Nurses and midwives have described being ‘on tenterhooks’ about staffing shortages in Northern NSW public…
Public Health
Delta unmasks rural neglect
October 5, 2021
The Berejiklian government plays the blame game as Sydney’s Delta outbreak spreads to regional areas…
Public Health
Understaffed rural hospitals brace for COVID-19
October 5, 2021
COVID-19 is yet to infect the twin townships of Harden and Murrumburrah, but the local…
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Country hospitals lose doctors and senior nurses
October 5, 2021
What does it mean for a nurse to be made responsible for a hospital with…