Emergency
Cough it up for Coffs: Nurses and midwives rally for ED...
June 14, 2024
Mid North Coast nurses and midwives held an own-time rally calling on the government to prioritise recruiting staff at Coffs Harbour Health Campus’ emergency department (ED). Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) Coffs Harbour Hospital Branch said ED nurses were at breaking point, as they struggled with severe staffing shortages and a…
29 days ago
Emergency
Cough it up for Coffs: Nurses and midwives rally for ED...
June 14, 2024
Mid North Coast nurses and midwives held an own-time rally calling on the government to…
Emergency
Staffing ratios needed for stretched emergency departme...
May 29, 2024
NSW emergency departments (ED) are under more pressure than ever before, with a record number…
Emergency
Ratios rollout: Safer conditions for staff and patients
May 16, 2024
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has welcomed a boost to staffing numbers, with…
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…