Doctor covering 150 patients pleads for fair treatment
Henry Crayton worked 135 hours in the past fortnight with just one day off, covering 150 patients per shift - and he's not alone in wanting better treatment.
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Thousands rally as nurses reject one-or-the-other deal
Angry nurses will not accept delaying their demand for improved staffing ratios as a condition of securing a major pay rise.
‘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.
Alleged expenses scandal stings health union boss
Legal action has been launched against Health Workers Union boss Diana Asmar, with other union officials also mentioned in the Fair Work Commission lawsuit.
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.
Half of nurses, midwives considering leaving profession
Nearly 10,000 healthcare workers are fed up with understaffing and exhaustion and are considering leaving the industry, a union says.
Health workers’ pay offer won’t cost taxpayers extra
Aged care workers, hospital staff and allied health professionals in NSW are being offered an extra $67 a week after a public stoush with the state government.
Health workers to ramp up strikes in pay rise fight
Health care workers will continue to hold stoppages across NSW and in every hospital as they push the Minns government to hurry up with a wage rise.
Emergency departments first for NSW nurse-patient ratio
NSW will become the third state to mandate a nurse-to-patient ratio in public hospitals, but the government warns the overhaul won't happen quickly.
Probe finds misconduct but no government heads to roll
The Victorian premier's staff exerted pressure on health bureaucrats to award a lucrative contract to a union but the conduct fell short of corruption.
Christmas pay rise for Qld nurses
Queensland nurses and midwives will receive a pay rise just in time for Christmas after a landmark enterprise bargaining agreement.
‘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.
WA health workers threaten strike over pay
Public sector workers in Western Australia could walk off the job next month as the state government faces pushback over its wages policy.
Rural nurses ‘let down’ by health report
A parliamentary report into health outcomes in NSW rural and remote areas has failed to back a push by the nurses union for mandated nurse-to-patient ratios.
Aged care workers to strike for better pay
The aged care workforce has voted to go on strike in the middle of the federal election campaign in a push for better pay and conditions.
Striking NSW nurses rally at parliament
Public hospital nurses have rallied outside NSW parliament after walking off the job over a long-running dispute about staff-to-patient ratios and pay.
Striking NSW nurses ‘not cuddling babies’
A planned strike by NSW public hospital nurses is the first of its kind in almost a decade, with paramedics also set for industrial action.
Disability staff with COVID still working
Two COVID-positive disability support staff in regional Victoria have been granted an exemption to continue working.