Pandemic-related complaints top calls to National Health Practitioner Ombudsman
A sharp increase in people raising concerns about regulatory responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, including obligations around mandatory vaccination, drove a record number of approaches to the office of the National Health Practitioner Ombudsman (NHPO) during 2021-22, new data has revealed. The NHPO’s recently released annual report shows it received 1,593 approaches in 2021-22, up […]
‘Atrocious decision’: Southern Cross Care slammed for cutting Enrolled Nurses from aged care homes
‘Atrocious decision’: Southern Cross Care slammed for cutting Enrolled Nurses from aged care homes
Nursing and Midwifery Health Program Victoria (NMHPV) to go national
As a counsellor at Victoria’s unique mental health service for nurses and midwives, registered nurse Carolyn McDonald helps colleagues across the professions confront and navigate issues including stress and anxiety, depression, substance use and vicarious trauma. The far-reaching impact the service can make often hits home. Just this week, for example, a former client walked […]
ANMF gives evidence at IR Bill Senate Inquiry
After working in general practice and community care settings for the bulk of her 27-year-long nursing career, Victorian registered nurse Sam Read has taken up a non-nursing role in order to achieve a better wage that reflects her skills and capabilities. She says a decline in wages across the primary care sector is affecting the […]
HELP debt to be wiped for nurse practitioners working rural and remote
Nurse practitioners and doctors are being enticed into working in rural and remote Australia by having their HECs/HELP debt entirely wiped, or slashed. The new legislation, Higher Education Support Amendment (2022 Measures No.1) Bill 2022, introduced into Parliament today by the Federal Government, is aiming to encourage initial employment and retention of health practitioners to […]
‘First step’: Aged care workers win 15% pay rise after Fair Work Commission ruling
‘First step’: Aged care workers win 15% pay rise after Fair Work Commission ruling
Let’s talk about stillbirth: New clinical standard provides roadmap for improved care and support
In 2014, Brisbane woman Ashleigh experienced the tragic and painful loss of her son Dominic to stillbirth. In the aftermath, she and her partner chose to go home, pack their bags, and return to the hospital. “We were given as much time as we wanted to spend with Dominic [but] we ended up feeling that […]
NSW nurses and midwives out of pocket $80,000 since wage caps introduced, report finds
NSW nurses and midwives have lost about $80,000 each since the state government’s public sector wage caps were introduced a decade ago, a new report has revealed. By the 2021-22 financial year, wages for an experienced nurse/midwife working full-time were $335 lower per week, or about $17,500 for the year, because of pay caps put […]
Full scope: Nurses lobby politicians for greater healthcare role
Nurses working to their full scope across the health system, free from barriers that hinder the delivery of care, can make a far greater difference to access to healthcare and outcomes, a delegation of ANMF members from across the country told key politicians at Parliament House in Canberra last week. Members, including registered nurses working […]
‘It’s vital’: RN 24/7 becomes law
‘It’s vital’: RN 24/7 becomes law