Emergency
Alleviating pressures in EDs with staffing ratios
March 13, 2024
Emergency departments (ED) are continuing to see extremely high volumes of patients seeking acute medical care, highlighting how great the need is for nurse-to-patient ratios across NSW. According to the Bureau of Health Information (BHI) report, one in 10 patients who were treated and admitted to hospital during the October to December quarter in 2023…
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Emergency
Alleviating pressures in EDs with staffing ratios
March 13, 2024
Emergency departments (ED) are continuing to see extremely high volumes of patients seeking acute medical…
Emergency
Nurses mourn tragic loss of paramedic and registered nu...
April 15, 2023
We are devastated by the death of paramedic and registered nurse, Steven Tougher, who had…
Emergency
Hospital data reinforces need for staffing ratios in NS...
March 1, 2023
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has escalated calls for nurse-to-patient ratios to be…
Emergency
Emergency department walk outs show need for ratios
September 14, 2022
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has urged the NSW government to overhaul the…
Emergency
Understaffed EDs prompt walk out by Western Sydney nurs...
July 18, 2022
After weeks of battling rising patient presentations and no reprieve from chronic short staffing, a…
Emergency
Government risking lives the longer it delays staffing...
June 15, 2022
Further evidence of the unsustainable strain on public hospital emergency departments (ED) has prompted angry…
Emergency
Poor ED staffing continues to impact patient care
May 4, 2022
Ongoing pressure inside public hospital emergency departments (EDs) has prompted renewed calls by the NSW…
Emergency
“Disappointed”: College of Emergency Medicine pans...
April 28, 2022
The Australian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) has criticised the Liberal-National Government’s pre-election announcement on…
Emergency
Hospital emergency departments are under intense pressu...
October 6, 2021
Emergency departments around Australia have experienced COVID in a variety of ways. From the first…