The Latest Breaking News from NSW Nurses and Midwives Association

'Not the apocalypse I prepared for': Inside the race to protect the Hunter from the next pandemic

Lessons from the last pandemic. What we know about the next one.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 26, 2024

Strike: 'Value us ... or else' say nurses in bid for 15 per cent pay rise

NSW Nurses and Midwives Association on 24-hour statewide strike

Newcastle Herald · Sep 24, 2024

Man dies at Sydney recycling facility – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Sep 23, 2024

NSW nurses overworked, dealing with PTSD and planning to leave profession, survey finds

Nurse Kate Goodman is overworked, stressed and has symptoms of PTSD. She's not alone, with a new report finding 60 per cent of NSW nurses are planning to leave the profession.

ABC News · Feb 15, 2023

Nurses launch NSW election ad campaign

The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association has launched a pre-election TV ad campaign calling for staff-patient ratios in public hospitals.

AAP · Feb 4, 2023

Hospitals' 'logjam' getting worse: Hunter fails to reach emergency department benchmarks

The AMA says funding reform is "absolutely critical" to improving public hospital health care

Newcastle Herald · Jan 31, 2023

Maitland nurses burnt out, overworked but refusing to give up the fight for ratios

They're burnt out, overworked and at the end of their tether - but Maitland nurses still have some fight in them yet.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 9, 2022

Nurses union fined $25k for NSW strikes

The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association flagrantly defied orders to not organise strikes in March, a court has found while fining the union $25,000.

AAP · Sep 28, 2022

Third time lucky? Hunter nurses prepare to strike for 24 hours

NSW Nurses and Midwives Association members will walk off the job for 24 hours.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 24, 2022

A 101-hour wait for a bed: Maitland Hospital a 'war zone'

Patient spends 101 hours in Maitland ED waiting for a bed as nurses fight for ratios.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 11, 2022