NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) members at Dubbo Hospital have voted to close the six beds in the hospital’s Emergency Medical Unit (EMU) from Monday afternoon, 30 September, and ban unreasonable overtime in the emergency department (ED) from next Friday, 4 October, in response to unsafe nursing levels in the ED. The six beds will […]
The next campaign events will be held on 17 September. September 17 events
Our strike on Wednesday July 24 attracted a lot of media attention in NSW … and from other parts of the world. Here are all the headlines. Striking NSW nurses vote for new round of industrial action The Guardian in the UK! Thousands of nurses from 180 NSW hospitals have voted during a statewide strike […]
Almost 5000 nurses and midwives met at Sydney Olympic Park and 17 regional webcast venues today in a defiant strike protest at the NSW Government’s refusal to negotiate improvements to the successful nursing hours/ratios system. Many more nurses and midwives also struck in remote towns, with local rallies and activities in support of the NSWNMA […]
Sonia Hornery MP, Member for Wallsend, will proudly join the nurses who will rally outside Wallsend hospital on Wednesday as part of their union’s statewide push to improve nurse-to-patient ratios in NSW public hospitals. The nurses, from Child & Family Health Services, will assemble outside the Wallsend Aged Care Facility in support of their […]
The final list of NSWNMA branches that have voted to strike. LHD Branch Name Murrumbidgee Local Health District Albury Base Hospital Murrumbidgee Local Health District Albury Mental Health Community Nurses Murrumbidgee Local Health District Albury Mental Health Nurses – Nolan House Hunter New England Local Health District Armidale Community Health & Hospital Western Sydney Local Health District Auburn District Hospital Northern NSW Local Health District […]
The NSW Government needs to see that you are serious about improving the ratios system as the way to deliver safer patient care, so it’s critical that we make the 18 statewide meetings tomorrow as big as possible. Stand together with your colleagues as we fight for justice for our patients and the integrity of […]
NSWNMA branches across NSW are staffing rosters to ensure life-preserving care will be maintained during this Wednesday’s strike. The number of branches voting to strike has now grown to 178. We are standing strong in our determination to achieve safer patient care despite the Government’s attempt to shut down your campaign by making a new […]
Messages of solidarity for the NSWNMA strike action are coming through from other unions. Read the messages below. Message from Minnesota Nurses Association Dear Brett and Judith: The 20,000 nurses across the state of Minnesota in the United States proudly hail our courageous sisters and brothers of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association. You are […]
Here are ten good reasons nurses and midwives in NSW are taking action. 10. We can never do as much as we want to do for our patients. 9. We are offended to work for a public system where meeting the budget is more important than safe patient care. 8. We do mentally and physically […]
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