Fed up with ongoing workload issues, staff shortages and a lack of support from management, hundreds of nurses and midwives have committed to challenge future management decisions they believe inhibit their ability to deliver high levels of safe patient care. More than 400 delegates attending the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association’s (NSWNMA) 72nd Annual Conference […]
The debate on whether to protect the requirement in the Public Health Act 2010 to keep at least one registered nurse (RN) in a nursing home at all times will conclude tomorrow in the NSW upper house. The bill, introduced by the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party before Easter, will be voted on in an […]
Upper house cross benchers will today attempt to protect the requirement in the Public Health Act 2010 to keep at least one registered nurse (RN) in a nursing home at all times. The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party will introduce a bill to stop the planned changes to state legislation and debate it in parliament […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has welcomed the notice served by Shooters, Fishers and Farmers’ MLC Robert Brown to introduce a bill to define a ‘nursing home’ in the Public Health Act 2010. This morning, Hon. Robert Brown MLC took gave notice in the Legislative Council to introduce the Public Health Amendment (Registered […]
The federal government’s decision to slash $1.2 billion in funding from the budget for nursing home residents with complex health care needs has put Australia’s aged care sector in serious danger. Less than a week after the NSW government announced its decision to remove the requirement for registered nurses in NSW nursing homes, the funding […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has commended the Aged Care Guild for supporting the registration of unregulated care workers in its submission to the Senate inquiry into the future of Australia’s aged care sector work force. In its recommendations, the Guild requested the Committee consider compulsory registration for all aged care workers, which […]
Around 100 people gathered outside NSW Parliament yesterday afternoon to support a campaign to keep registered nurses on duty at all times in NSW nursing homes. The rally was followed by a debate in the Legislative Assembly regarding the 10,000 signature petition tabled in June. The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) campaign calls on […]
This Tuesday and Wednesday, the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) will be in Orange to speak with nurses and local community groups about the essential role of registered nurses in aged care. The NSWNNA is raising awareness of its campaign and petition, calling on the state government to extend the legal minimum requirement for […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) is raising awareness during Seniors Week (14-22 March) of the potential risk to a requirement which ensures registered nurses are on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in nursing homes across NSW. Nurses and carers in the aged care sector have been hitting the streets, […]
A passionate crowd of aged care advocates gathered at West Ashfield on Wednesday night (11 March) to discuss the future of registered nurse staffing in the aged care sector with the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA). Over recent months, the NSWNMA has been raising awareness of the potential risk to legislation which requires nursing […]
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