Hundreds of private sector Victorian nurses and midwives stop work
Hundreds of St Vincent’s Private Hospitals’ nurses and midwives have walked out of their workplaces as part of an escalation of their unprecedented protected industrial action campaign for mandated nurse/midwife patient ratios and competitive wages and conditions with their public colleagues. “Hundreds of St Vincent’s Private Hospitals nurses and midwives have courageously taken this unprecedented […]
Rollout of nurse and midwife to patient ratios in Western Australia welcomed by ANF
After years of campaigning for safe staffing levels, nurse-to-patient ratios will be rolled out across Western Australia in October. WA’s North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS) will begin implementing nurse and midwife to patient ratios across its general medical and general surgical wards. This first phase of the staged implementation will commence at the NMHS at […]
Saving lives: Nurse and midwife to patient ratios
Australian nurses and midwives have been trailblazers in fighting for and securing nurse/midwife to patient ratios.
NSW nurses and midwives secure historic ratios
After more than a decade of campaigning by NSWNMA, minimum shift by shift nurse-to-patient ratios will be implemented in specific clinical areas across public hospitals.
NSWNMA to guide state government on nurse-to-patient ratios implementation
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) will team up with the NSW Government as it moves ahead to deliver on its election promise to implement historic nurse-to-patient ratios across the state’s public hospitals. The union, along with NSW Health officials, will lead a new Safe Staffing Working Group charged with planning the rollout of […]