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Hunter hospitals set for more nurses under safe staffing program

Details revealed on how many nurses each hospital will receive.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 24

Aged care bed-block continues to climb as more people languish in hospital

Ageing population puts increasing pressure on public hospitals

Newcastle Herald · Sep 8

'Escalating situation': hospital aggression rising amid mental health crisis

NSW Opposition questions why Minns government won't release data.

Newcastle Herald · Jul 20

Midwives working 18-hour days amid staff shortages and patient safety fears

'A mother could have a haemorrhage and bleed to death.'

Newcastle Herald · Feb 23, 2024

'Parking nightmare': nurses rally against fees, gridlock at John Hunter

Nurses resort to sitting in their cars for an hour before work.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 9, 2024

Pain, trauma and ‘moral injury’: the push to improve birthing care in NSW hospitals

A public hearing of the NSW birth trauma inquiry in Wagga Wagga this week heard calls to overhaul pregnancy and maternal healthcare services

The Guardian - AU · Dec 16, 2023

'It's dangerous': Maitland Hospital nurses speak out

'They've flat out told us that everything is fine.'

Newcastle Herald · Nov 20, 2023

Hunter hardest hit by 'despicable, shameful' cuts to stretched nurses

It comes at a time when hospitals 'cannot afford the loss of a single nurse or midwife'

Newcastle Herald · Jun 22, 2023

NSW nurses and midwives to strike next Tuesday in response to budget

Nurses and midwives from 80 hospitals across NSW will strike next Tuesday after union demands were unmet in Tuesday's budget, including pay rises in line with inflation and staff-to-patient ratio requirements.

ABC News · Jun 22, 2022

Power outages plague western NSW towns, leaving hospitals, firefighters without phones

Western NSW residents fear medical emergencies and fires turning "catastrophic" as longer and more frequent power and phone outages hit their towns.

ABC News · Jun 6, 2022