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 […]

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 […]