MEDIA RELEASE: Aged Care Taskforce report misses the mark

MEDIA RELEASE: Alleviating pressures in EDs with staffing ratios

✊ Women’s rights are union business!

And strong unions need strong women.

The IEU was proud to march in Sydney with NSW Nurses & Midwives, Australian Services Union, ETU⚡️NSW, HSU NSW, The AMWU, Union Aid Abroad, and one KEN - Barbie would be proud!

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Tonight, we will be marching under the banner of 'A STRONG VOICE FOR A BETTER FUTURE'.

Together, we have achieved incredible milestones for our professions and for our communities. We'll continue to fight for an inclusive, accessible and quality health system for all

THANK YOU to all nurses and midwives working this Christmas Day public holiday.

You deserve your hard-earned penalty rates!

We wish all nurses and midwives a very Merry Christmas!

A number of NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association members have been recognised at the NSW Health Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards, including Nurse of the Year and Midwife of the Year.

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Yesterday, Unharm stood with RACGP NSW Nurses & Midwives Have you registered for RACP Congress? HSU NSW ASMOF NSW and Alex Greenwich MP to call on Chris Minns to get drug checking up and running this summer. Drug checking is proven + effective. Delaying is putting lives at risk.

“Pill testing is an effective step to prevent overdoses and unnecessary deaths, it can also help people make informed decisions about taking drugs and lead to behavioural changes” - NSWNMA General Secretary, Shaye Candish

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Union & medical bodies have signed a joint letter to the NSW Premier calling for an urgent trial of pill testing at music festivals this summer

“This should’ve been implemented years ago”

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As health professionals, we believe in effective and evidence-based solutions that will help save lives.

We've joined with the RACGP, Have you registered for RACP Congress?, HSU NSW and ASMOF NSW in calling for Chris Minns to implement a pilot drug checking program for this summer festival season.

The Australian Council of Trade Unions executive has resolved to take all necessary steps to ban engineered stone by the middle of next year if federal government bans are not in place by then. #stopdeadlydust

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The NSWNMA condemns the rising conflict and suffering that has been seen in the Middle East over recent weeks.
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80% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people support a Voice to Parliament. Let's make history. #VoteYesAustralia

Nurses and midwives support health policies that are designed and informed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. That's what the Voice does. #VoteYES23Australia

The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association shares our support to CPSU members working at Services Australia, who are taking industrial action today.

UNION WIN: Mandatory care minutes are now happening. Aged care facilities now must provide 200 minutes of care each day for each resident on average, including at least 40 minutes from a registered nurse, with 160 minutes provided by enrolled nurses and personal care workers.

Over 150 of Australia’s leading health organisations have signed an open letter supporting the establishment of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament.

If health matters to you, here is where Australia’s leading health and medical organisations stand on the Voice to Parliament.

#VoteYes

MEDIA RELEASE: Staffing ratios must go further to deliver meaningful reform