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Laboratory Decision Welcome

Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 3:03 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation welcomes the outcome of the judicial review regarding Auckland community laboratory services. NZNO has consistently opposed the Auckland Regional DHBs’ decision to award the contract to Labtests Auckland Ltd. More >>

Poorest Hit Hardest By Nursing Shortage

Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 10:11 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

New Zealand is contributing to a healthcare crisis in developing countries by relying on the stretched global nursing and midwifery workforce to deliver health services to Kiwis. More >>

Historic Meeting of Minds

Wednesday, 7 March 2007, 11:26 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

A rare congregation of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO), the College of Nurses Aotearoa and the Ministry of Health is working together to progress initiatives in the care of people with chronic conditions. More >>

Delivery Key to Raising Aged Care out of Poverty

Wednesday, 21 February 2007, 2:33 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Health Minister Pete Hodgson’s re-iteration that the 2007 Budget will increase Aged Care funding is meaningless without a mechanism to deliver that funding where it is needed most, according to the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO). More >>

Student Loan Rules Deprive NZ of Skilled Nurses

Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 9:26 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Hundreds of qualified nurses could be excluded from practicing as a result of student loan eligibility rules, according to the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO). More >>

Palliative Care Funding Should Deliver Pay Parity

Thursday, 21 December 2006, 3:53 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

NZNO welcomes the announcement by Health Minister Pete Hodgson that an additional $4.7 million in funding will be available for palliative care providers. More >>

Unions Deliver Early Xmas Present for Aged Care

Wednesday, 20 December 2006, 11:22 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) and Service and Food Workers Union (SFWU) working for Guardian Healthcare Group (GHG) are celebrating Christmas a little early this year. After over two-and-a-half years’ negotiations, union ... More >>

Nurses Pleased with Plunketline Support

Monday, 18 December 2006, 2:23 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation is pleased with the recommendation made late last week by the Health Select Committee to restore Government funding for Plunketline. More >>

New Zealanders say Stop the Aged Care Crisis!

Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 10:43 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Aged Care workers form across the country come to Parliament today with a message from New Zealand voters: Stop ignoring the crisis in elderly care. Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and Service and Food Workers Union will deliver their ... More >>

NZ’s largest MECA settled

Thursday, 7 December 2006, 3:13 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

After nearly 12 months and 27 days of negotiations, a proposed settlement for primary healthcare (PHC) nurses and administrative staff has been reached, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation announced this morning. More >>

Time for Canterbury DHB to Take Responsibility

Monday, 27 November 2006, 1:41 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The Canterbury District Health Board must take full responsibility for surgery shortcomings resulting from strike action. New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) CEO, Geoff Annals, says that “any strike action involves a choice by two parties: a union who decides ... More >>

Nurses Appalled by Canterbury DHB Suggestion

Monday, 13 November 2006, 2:28 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is appalled by the suggestion from Canterbury District Health Board that New Zealand health workers should be denied the right to take strike action. Such a move would not only diminish our health professionals’ ... More >>

Flexible Working Hours Vital To New Zealand Health

Tuesday, 7 November 2006, 11:30 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is giving its full support to calls for more flexible working hours spearheaded by Sue Kedgley’s private members’ bill. NZNO is a member of the Coalition for Quality Flexible Work, launched yesterday at ... More >>

Public Sector Nurses Bargaining for New MECA

Monday, 6 November 2006, 12:58 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) has initiated bargaining to re-negotiate the Multi-Employer Collective Agreement (MECA) covering over 20,000 nurses employed by District Health Boards. The current agreement expires on 31 December 2006. More >>

Practice Nurses Bear Brunt Of Waiting List Cull

Monday, 11 September 2006, 3:37 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

“The culling of waiting lists by sending patients back to GP practices will mean a bigger workload for already stretched practice nurses,” said Rosemary Minto, Chair of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation College of Practice Nurses today. More >>

Picket Auckland Hospital Park Road 7th September

Monday, 11 September 2006, 12:09 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

New Zealand Nurses Organisation and the Northern Chemical Workers Union members are picketing the Auckland DHB as their employer tables a petition against the awarding of the Testing Laboratory for the DHBs’ contract to a new company with no facilities ... More >>

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