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Aged care bed-block continues to climb as more people languish in hospital

Ageing population puts increasing pressure on public hospitals

Newcastle Herald

'Escalating situation': hospital aggression rising amid mental health crisis

NSW Opposition questions why Minns government won't release data.

Newcastle Herald

'Insult to injury': back pay delayed for Mater nurses as anger mounts

'We need the public to know and stand up for us workers.'

Newcastle Herald

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Broadmeadow funding welcome, but Hunter community looks for substance in budget

Minister for the Hunter wants entertainment centre design works complete by end of year.

Newcastle Herald

Armistice: NSW nurses strike interim wage deal

Nurses have struck an interim pay deal with the NSW government, pausing their industrial action as the union continues negotiations on a final wage outcome.

AAP

Nurses rally for 15 per cent pay rise, with John Hunter 'beyond full'

'If the younger ones don't do overtime, they can't survive.'

Newcastle Herald

Midwives working 18-hour days amid staff shortages and patient safety fears

'A mother could have a haemorrhage and bleed to death.'

Newcastle Herald

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'Parking nightmare': nurses rally against fees, gridlock at John Hunter

Nurses resort to sitting in their cars for an hour before work.

Newcastle Herald

Pain, trauma and ‘moral injury’: the push to improve birthing care in NSW hospitals

A public hearing of the NSW birth trauma inquiry in Wagga Wagga this week heard calls to overhaul pregnancy and maternal healthcare services

The Guardian - AU

'It's dangerous': Maitland Hospital nurses speak out

'They've flat out told us that everything is fine.'

Newcastle Herald

Hunter hardest hit by 'despicable, shameful' cuts to stretched nurses

It comes at a time when hospitals 'cannot afford the loss of a single nurse or midwife'

Newcastle Herald

NSW nurses and midwives to strike next Tuesday in response to budget

Nurses and midwives from 80 hospitals across NSW will strike next Tuesday after union demands were unmet in Tuesday's budget, including pay rises in line with inflation and staff-to-patient ratio requirements.

ABC News

Power outages plague western NSW towns, leaving hospitals, firefighters without phones

Western NSW residents fear medical emergencies and fires turning "catastrophic" as longer and more frequent power and phone outages hit their towns.

ABC News

Unions decry NSW government’s ‘insulting’ public sector wage cap increase

Premier Dominic Perrottet argues increase is fair but unions say ‘angry’ members have voted to go ahead with industrial action

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Australians in hospital emergency departments waiting days for ward beds as health system overwhelmed

Cracks in health system ‘have grown into massive caves’ as Covid, flu, surgery backlogs and staff shortages place major strain on sector

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