Careless comments insulting to disability nurses

State Member for Wallsend, Sonia Hornery, says the local Liberal Members’ response in Parliament yesterday to her call for pay equality for disability nurses is insulting not only to nurses, but to the people they care for and every community in the state that wants the best care for their most vulnerable residents. Ms Hornery […]

O’Farrell pay freeze causes disability nurses to leave in droves

The critical shortage of disability nurses at the Stockton Residential Centre in Newcastle has highlighted the real impact of the O’Farrell Government’s public sector wage freeze, the NSW Labor Opposition said on Friday (January 25). It has been reported that 40 percent of the Centre’s disability nurse positions remain vacant – with the huge roster […]

Disability nurses face staffing crisis

Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC) nurses working under the Department of Family and Community Services are the first nurses to face sweeping cuts to their awards by the state Liberal/National government. But they are fighting back by starting a campaign for pay parity with nurses in the Public system. More than 1000 NSW nurses, […]

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