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DARK SECRETS: Nsw nurses and midwives association | Vintage Vibes

'Not the apocalypse I prepared for': Inside the race to protect the Hunter from the next pandemic

Lessons from the last pandemic. What we know about the next one.

Newcastle Herald

Strike: 'Value us ... or else' say nurses in bid for 15 per cent pay rise

NSW Nurses and Midwives Association on 24-hour statewide strike

Newcastle Herald

Man dies at Sydney recycling facility – as it happened

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'Absolutely disgusting': Hunter nurses, midwives fight for better pay

'People are just fed up.'

Newcastle Herald

Nurses union says there's one obvious way to cut elective surgery wait times

'You can't open a theatre unless you have the right amount of staff.'

Newcastle Herald

'Mathematically impossible': union says nurses are failing basic patient health checks

Documents have revealed Maitland Hospital patients missed out on thousands of hours of care.

Newcastle Herald

OnlyFans warning to NSW nurses and midwives prompts ‘sex shaming’ accusation

Experts call email cautioning workers over social media use ‘unreasonable’, citing cost-of-living crisis and fight for pay rise

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NSW nurses overworked, dealing with PTSD and planning to leave profession, survey finds

Nurse Kate Goodman is overworked, stressed and has symptoms of PTSD. She's not alone, with a new report finding 60 per cent of NSW nurses are planning to leave the profession.

ABC News

Nurses launch NSW election ad campaign

The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association has launched a pre-election TV ad campaign calling for staff-patient ratios in public hospitals.

AAP

Hospitals' 'logjam' getting worse: Hunter fails to reach emergency department benchmarks

The AMA says funding reform is "absolutely critical" to improving public hospital health care

Newcastle Herald

Maitland nurses burnt out, overworked but refusing to give up the fight for ratios

They're burnt out, overworked and at the end of their tether - but Maitland nurses still have some fight in them yet.

Newcastle Herald

Nurses union fined $25k for NSW strikes

The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association flagrantly defied orders to not organise strikes in March, a court has found while fining the union $25,000.

AAP

Third time lucky? Hunter nurses prepare to strike for 24 hours

NSW Nurses and Midwives Association members will walk off the job for 24 hours.

Newcastle Herald

A 101-hour wait for a bed: Maitland Hospital a 'war zone'

Patient spends 101 hours in Maitland ED waiting for a bed as nurses fight for ratios.

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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.

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Billions in NSW budget for Premier's social agenda a bid to appeal to disaffected Coalition voters, expert says

Days out from the state budget, billions of dollars have already being committed to social issues, in what an expert says is Premier Dominic Perrottet learning from the federal poll ahead of next year's state election.

ABC News

NSW Premier says 'thank-you' cash bonus will not go to private and aged care nurses

The $3,000 cash bonuses for the "heroes of the pandemic" will not be offered to nurses in the private and aged care sectors, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has revealed.

Newcastle Herald

Nurses rally at new Maitland Hospital amid 16-hour shifts

Nurses rallied outside John Hunter Hospital and new Maitland Hospital calling for mandated staff-to-patient ratios

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Calvary Mater hospital nurse quits after assault

Four nurses were injured in an assault at the Calvary Mater Hospital's emergency department, prompting a junior female staff to resign.

Newcastle Herald

The fight goes on for frustrated nurses and midwives

Nursing and midwifery on the 'brink of collapse', nurses union warns.

Newcastle Herald

'Thank you doesn't keep patients safe': Nurses march for change in Newcastle

About a thousand nurses from across the Hunter and Central Coast came together to march through Newcastle to Foreshore Park as part of the state-wide strike action.

The Guardian - AU

Veterans’ affairs minister threatened to quit over budget; Australia reports 30 Covid deaths – as it happened

Andrew Gee calls backlog of veteran’s compensation payments ‘a national disgrace’; WA teenager among 30 Covid deaths across the country. This blog is now closed

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NSW nurses confirm second statewide strike

NSW nurses and midwives will hold another strike on Thursday in an ongoing dispute with the government over pay and conditions.

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