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NSW Police Accept 39% Pay Increase From Government Who Won’t Offer Nurses More Than 15% Raise

NSW Police have accepted a massive new pay deal from the Minns Government. However nurses appear to be copping the short end of the stick.

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‘Very clearly gendered’: furious NSW nurses and midwives reject pay rise deal amid 24-hour strike

Union at loggerheads with Minns government over 10.5% pay rise offer after NSW police win deal for wage increase of up to 40%

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'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.

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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

Interim pay offer fails to salve nurses' strike threat

Nurses and midwives plan to stage a 24-hour strike as they intensify their fight with the state government for a 15 per cent pay rise.

AAP

'Not going away': nurses, midwives demand wage increase

Nurses and midwives are on a collision course with the NSW government, as both sides dig in and pay negotiations threaten to get uglier.

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Nurses will defy order not to strike over pay fight

Strike action by nurses and midwives that will have a large impact on the country's largest hospital system will not be called off despite official orders.

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Cancelled surgeries, long wait times expected as nurses, midwives strike

Workers are asking for a one-year 15 per cent pay rise.

Newcastle Herald

'Left no option': Labor faces first mass nurses' strike

Thousands of nurses and midwives will walk off the job in NSW for their first major strike since Labor won power.

AAP

'Who's responsible?": Lack of hospital equipment cleaning a deadly problem

Study shows the problem causes infections and deaths.

Newcastle Herald

Nurses say 15 pct pay rise will not hit patient pockets

Nurses have demanded a 15 per cent pay rise and a new report argues the NSW government could achieve it without costing taxpayers a cent.

AAP

Hospital harm in the Hunter prompts concern over errors due to workload

'Staff need more proactive support before incidents occur.'

Newcastle Herald

'Catastrophe waiting to happen': health data shows system getting sicker

Emergency departments 'pushed well beyond their limits'.

Newcastle Herald

Premier rejects nurses' push for major pay increase

Chris Minns says nurses and midwives deserve a pay rise but their demands for a 15 per cent boost is beyond the state's means.

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Under-pressure emergency departments get more nurses

Two hospitals under critical pressure to serve Sydney communities will be the first to benefit from NSW changes to staffing ratios.

Newcastle Herald

Nurses welcome safe staffing at hospitals

Nurses have been "fatigued and frustrated" for a long time.

Newcastle Herald

Nurses welcome safe staffing move at public hospitals as 'momentous'

Nurses have been "fatigued and frustrated" for a long time.

Newcastle Herald

'Utterly callous': Union hits out as hospital lays off staff

Unions says Healthe Care is reviewing all its NSW hospitals.

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Inflation, cost of living pressures increase struggle for students in unpaid health placements

Students studying to become health professionals are increasingly struggling with the demands of unpaid placements as inflation rises.

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Nurses' union sues NSW government alleging understaffing, patient mistreatment

The nurses' union claims patients at several major NSW hospitals have missed out on hundreds of thousands of hours of nursing care due to "systemic understaffing".

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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.

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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.

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NSW nurses and midwives walk off job for fourth time, call for patient-to-staff ratios

Thousands of nurses across NSW are striking for 24 hours over what they say is a "staffing crisis" in the state's hospitals.

AAP

'Burnt out' nurses call for patient ratios

Nurses and midwives have walked off the job for the fourth time this year, saying NSW hospitals are dangerously understaffed and they are burnt out.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter nurses and midwives get ready to strike again

Nurses and midwives say they are tired of being ignored over calls for safe staffing, better working conditions and fair pay.

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