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Demonstration Sites Welcomed
Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 4:44 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is welcoming the announcement from the Safe Staffing Healthy Workplaces Unit of the confirmed district health board (DHB) demonstration sites. These sites will lead the way in achieving safe staffing and ... More >>
Budget 2009: Tough Calls, Some Good, Some Bad
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 5:34 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) congratulates the Government for making the tough call to cancel tax cuts planned for next year and 2011. This will not be a popular decision but it is the right call. NZNO welcomes the protected increases ... More >>
More maternity funding for new parents
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 3:20 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) welcomes the announcement by the Minister of Health for funding to support new mothers and the acknowledgement of the need for funding in response to the increase in the NZ birth rate. More >>
Nurses Disappointed Govt Disregards Fairness
Thursday, 14 May 2009, 2:34 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is disappointed that the government has decided to disestablish the Pay and Employment Equity (PaEE) Unit. NZNO has worked closely with the unit to achieve fairness in the way that work is recognised and ... More >>
International Nurses’ Day, Leading Care Innovation
Monday, 11 May 2009, 2:12 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
In choosing the theme “Nurses leading care innovations” for International Nurses’ Day the International Council of Nurses (ICN) aims to raise awareness of the nursing contribution to health care innovation, which, it says, “is seldom recognised, ... More >>
Govt Changes in Health Priorities Short Sighted
Friday, 8 May 2009, 1:24 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is calling on the government to rethink its decision to cut some key areas in health care from district health boards’ priorities. Mental health, obesity action and oral health – all areas where New ... More >>
The World Needs Midwives Now More Than Ever
Monday, 4 May 2009, 3:30 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) acknowledges and celebrates the midwives working in hospital and community settings around the New Zealand. This year’s International Midwives Day theme is based on Millennium Development Goal 5 – to ... More >>
Commissioner Finding: Listen to Nurses
Friday, 1 May 2009, 4:36 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Listening to nurses is one of the keys to preventing tragedies like those that occurred at North Shore Hospital in 2007, according to the Health and Disability Commissioner’s report released today. The New Zealand Nurses Organisation wholeheartedly supports ... More >>
Fair Funding for Maori & Iwi Primary Health
Wednesday, 29 April 2009, 9:40 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is calling on the government to address the serious inequity of public funding in primary health. Maori and Iwi providers of primary health care are funded at significantly lower rates than their mainstream ... More >>
Aged Care Workers at Rosebank take Strike Action
Wednesday, 1 April 2009, 10:56 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) working at Rosebank Home and Hospital in Ashburton will be taking strike action for the second time for 24 hours and 15 minutes from 6.45am on Saturday 4th April until 7.00am on Sunday 5th April. ... More >>
Aged Care Workers at Rosebank take Strike Action
Wednesday, 1 April 2009, 10:05 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) working at Rosebank Home and Hospital in Ashburton will be taking strike action for the second time for 24 hours and 15 minutes from 6.45am on Saturday 4th April until 7.00am on Sunday 5th April. ... More >>
Urgent Government Funding Needed For Our Elderly
Monday, 23 March 2009, 12:10 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is supporting the findings of Wellington Coroner Garry Evans who has recommended an urgent review of the funding for rest homes and age-care hospitals. More >>
Aged Care Workers at Rosebank take Strike Action
Thursday, 12 March 2009, 1:31 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) working at Rosebank Home and Hospital in Ashburton will be striking for 24 hours from 6.45am on Friday 13th March. More >>
Aged Care: Audits only Part of solution
Thursday, 5 March 2009, 9:21 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is pleased that the government is going to get spot audits happening in residential aged care but has some serious concerns about the lack of commitment from the government towards ensuring safe staffing. More >>
Primary Healthcare Report Recommendations Welcomed
Thursday, 26 February 2009, 12:19 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) welcomes the release of the independent report “Nursing Development in Primary Health Care”. The recommendations that new graduates and those moving into the primary health care sector complete at least ... More >>
Nurses Commit to Improving Hospital Safety
Monday, 23 February 2009, 2:09 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The second national report on serious and sentinel events is very sobering reading for nurses just as it is for the public. More >>
Nats Bonding Measures Not a Long Term Solution
Monday, 23 February 2009, 1:46 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is welcoming the Government’s announcement of a bonding scheme for some graduate nurses but is concerned the proposal is limited only to graduates working in theatre, intensive care and cardiothoracic nursing. More >>
Rosebank Home and Hospital Members Picket Employer
Friday, 20 February 2009, 2:34 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
New Zealand Nurse Organisation (NZNO) members at Rosebank residential aged care facility in Ashburton and supporters will be picketing the offices of the facility owner, Stuart Leck, on the Corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets outside the Forsyth Barr ... More >>
NZNO Backs Call For More Hospital Beds
Thursday, 5 February 2009, 5:09 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is welcoming comments from Ministry of Health who have suggested Auckland City Hospital expand its adult health service by more than half over the next six years after long struggling with overcrowding. More >>
Nurses' Voices Need to be Heard
Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 2:44 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is confident that the Ministerial Group, announced today to review expenditure in Vote Health, will find that those working in health deliver outstandingly high value care. More >>
