Tasmanian nurses and midwives stop work; maternity unit investigation launched
Nurses and midwives held stop-work meetings across Tasmania last week to protest unsafe workloads, and the state government has announced an investigation into maternity services at the Royal Hobart Hospital. Members held stop work meetings at the Royal Hobart Hospital, the Launceston General Hospital, and in the north at the North-West Regional Hospital and Mersey […]
ANMF highlights the need for care of country and culture through Traditional Owners during NAIDOC week
As part of this year’s NAIDOC Week celebrations, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is highlighting the work of the Country Needs People campaign. With Country Needs People Pty Ltd., the alliance is made up of 40 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, land and sea management organisations and over 100,000 Australians. The purpose of […]
New Close the Gap report draws attention to the role of community leadership in driving positive outcomes
This year’s Close the Gap report has highlighted the excellence of leadership that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and leaders can provide, if only they are given the opportunity to do so by all levels of government. Entitled Leadership and Legacy Through Crises: Keeping Our Mob Safe, this year’s report, produced by the […]
Our Vietnam nurses relive their stories of war
Theatre nurse Jan McCarthy vividly remembers the day she arrived in Vung Tau, Vietnam, in May 1968. “I got to the hospital, a grey building, and I thought to myself ‘what have I gotten myself into?’ There was not a blade of green grass. I looked around [and] there was sand everywhere.” More than 200 […]