‘This is a huge kick in the guts’: NSW nurses and midwives protest public sector wage freeze
‘This is a huge kick in the guts’: NSW nurses and midwives protest public sector wage freeze
Nurses and midwives from Australia and New Zealand pay tribute to colleagues around the world who lost their lives fighting COVID-19
More than a hundred nurses and midwives from across Australia and New Zealand joined an online vigil last night in honour of their colleagues from around the world who have lost their lives to COVID-19. Reports from Global Nurses United (GNU), estimate over 300 nurses in 32 countries have died due to the virus to […]
Hike in complaints about AHPRA
Complaints about the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and health practitioner boards were up by 32% in the last financial year, new data shows. The office of the National Health Practitioner Ombudsman and Privacy Commissioner (NHPOPC) released its annual report this week. The NHPOPC oversees AHPRA and the 15 health practitioner boards, including the […]
Inspirational nursing and midwifery leader bows out
Adjunct Professor Debra Thoms’ decorated 40-year career spanning nursing and midwifery, health management and nursing leadership has drawn to a close. Nursing and midwifery leader Debra Thoms recently called time on a remarkable and diverse 40-plus year career across the professions. “For me, nursing and midwifery provide us with an enormous opportunity and a great […]
The rise of Global Nurses United (GNU)
In 2013, leaders from nursing and healthcare unions from across the world formed a new alliance called Global Nurses United (GNU) in a bid to harness their collective power to fight austerity measures, privatisation and cuts to health services putting people and communities at risk. Universal healthcare incorporating safe nurse-to-patient ratios, income equality, addressing poverty […]