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Time For The Government To Address Challenges Faced By Health Sector - NZNO
Sunday, 19 January 2025, 4:59 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO chief executive Paul Goulter says it doesn’t matter to patients who the minister of health is. What matters to New Zealanders is that the Government accepts its responsibility to ensure we have an equitable health system that works for all New Zealanders. More >>
Stab-proof Vests For Mental Health Nurses?
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 3:52 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO and the Public Service Association (PSA) - which both have members who are mental health workers - are calling for a full investigation into the incident by Te Whatu Ora and WorkSafe, and for the matter to be referred to the Health Quality Safety ... More >>
"She Bled For Our People" - Nurses Pay Tribute To Dame Tariana Turia
Monday, 6 January 2025, 2:25 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Kerri Nuku said the sacrifices Dame Turia made to advance Māori health, and Māori rights, would not be forgotten by the Māori nursing community. More >>
Hawkes Bay/Canterbury/West Coast NZNO Members To Strike Tomorrow
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 3:44 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) members fear Te Whatu Ora’s plans to pause a key component of its safe staffing programme put patient and whānau safety and wellbeing at risk. More >>
Wellington NZNO Members To Strike Tomorrow
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 11:41 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO Wellington delegate and spokesperson Jinty Graham says understaffing means nurses are under constant stress trying to perform their duties. More >>
Waikato/Waitemata/Taranaki/Northland NZNO Members To Strike Tomorrow
Monday, 16 December 2024, 5:18 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO members fear Te Whatu Ora’s plans to pause a key component of its safe staffing programme put patient and whānau safety and wellbeing at risk. More >>
Hutt Valley/Rotorua/Tauranga NZNO Members To Strike Tomorrow
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 3:41 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Tauranga delegate Helena Joyce says she is striking because as a nurse she’s witnessed how dangerous understaffing can be. More >>
Counties Manukau/Wairarapa/Whanganui NZNO Members To Strike Tomorrow
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 4:01 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO members fear Te Whatu Ora’s plans to pause a key component of its safe staffing programme put patient and whānau safety and wellbeing at risk. More >>
Health Workforce Plan Focused On Cost Not Patient Need
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 5:58 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
"It is entirely drawn from operating within a constrained funding environment and repeatedly cites workforce planning around ‘living within our means’ and ‘ensuring more sustainable workforce translates to a more financially sustainable system’." More >>
South Canterbury/Southland District NZNO Members To Strike Tomorrow
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 3:05 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
"Nurses like everyone else deserve recognition for the hard work they put in," Krystal Munro said. More >>
Government Should Agree To End Wage Discrimination On Human Rights Day
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 11:13 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO Kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku says today is Human Rights Day and it’s is a good time for the Government to do the right thing. More >>
Te Whatu Ora Auckland District NZNO Members To Strike Tomorrow
Monday, 9 December 2024, 6:00 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) members fear Te Whatu Ora’s plans to pause a key component of its safe staffing programme put patient and whānau safety and wellbeing at risk. More >>
Te Whatu Ora Nurses To Take Nationwide Strike Action
Monday, 2 December 2024, 11:21 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) members fear Te Whatu Ora’s plans to pause a key component of its safe staffing programme put patient and whānau safety and wellbeing at risk, NZNO Chief Executive ... More >>
Government Lacks Vision For Health Sector: NZNO
Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 3:58 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
More specialist and regional nurses are good news for patient and whānau safety and wellbeing, but $10 million represents a 0.2% increase in investment on nurses - which is even less once allied health professionals are hired out of the same fund. More >>
Nurses Stop Work Across The Country
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 2:11 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
These hour-long meetings started on Monday and end on Friday. They aim to allow nurses, midwives, and health care assistants to review Te Whatu Ora's intention to pause calculations for the Care Capacity Demand Management (CCDM) safe staffing programme ... More >>
New Dunedin Hospital Petition: Southerners Need Tertiary Level Care
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 10:52 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Tertiary level health services are specialised and lifesaving care such as surgery and lifesaving and cancer treatments. The current Dunedin Hospital which provides a range of these specialist services to patients throughout Otago and the South Island ... More >>
Te Whatu Ora Nurses Alarmed By Safe Staffing Pause
Sunday, 3 November 2024, 3:11 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Nurses are also insulted by Te Whatu Ora’s indication they would only be offered a ½% wage increase in the first year and up to a 1% wage increase in the second year, he said. More >>
Safety Fears Ahead Of Changes To Mental Health 111 Calls
Friday, 1 November 2024, 2:04 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
On Monday 4 November police will begin a phased withdrawal from most mental health emergency call-related work including attending callouts, waiting with patients in Emergency Departments and transporting patients to mental health facilities. More >>
Nursing Students Rally Across The Country
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 3:48 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Students need assistance while they study but are being ignored and exploited by those in charge, NZNO spokesperson and former National Student Unit co-chair Shannyn Bristowe says. More >>
New Dunedin Hospital: Southerners Deserve Better
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 3:11 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
"Southerners deserve more than half a hospital or a slow rebuild of the old hospital," says NZNO delegate Linda Smillie. More >>