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Community Nurses: Demand Outstrips Supply

Posted on May 14, 2012 by NU_admin

Population changes and specialisation of nursing services have led to increasingly stressful service demands on community nurses, according to a recent article in The Lamp. This is especially evident in an area like the New South Wales north coast. The … Continue reading →

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How to get safe staffing.

Posted on May 9, 2012 by NU_admin

What can union branches at community health services do to guarantee safe staffing? Public campaign: A community palliative care service starts a weekend on-call service for end of life care clients. As client numbers increase so does the frequency of call … Continue reading →

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NSW Labor opposes cuts to ratios

Posted on March 30, 2012 by NU_admin

NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson and Shadow Health Minister Dr Andrew McDonald today met with nurses concerned that changes to their award could see minimum staffing levels scrapped and hospital wards left understaffed by nurses and midwives. The O’Farrell Government … Continue reading →

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Petition for Re-Entry to Nursing and Midwifery: Working to Secure a Future for Nurses and Midwives

Posted on February 29, 2012 by NU_admin

Help us get 10,000 signatures for the Re-Entry Petition to Nursing and midwifery! Funding has become available for around 1400 new jobs in the public health system and many nurses and midwives who took time out to have children now … Continue reading →

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Leadership now settled, Government must focus on agenda for working Australians: unions

Posted on February 28, 2012 by NU_admin

The leadership of the Federal Labor Party has now been settled, and the Government must urgently focus on an agenda to improve the lives of all Australians, united against the real threat to workers rights and the economy of a … Continue reading →

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