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Fair Pay At Last For Public Hospital Nursing Staff
Friday, 30 June 2006, 9:47 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The final and largest installment of the “Fair Pay” settlement won by members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation in March 2005 becomes a reality tomorrow. July 1 is “Fair Pay” day for thousands of nurses, midwives and health care assistants ... More >>
Health Workers Must Be Protected In An Epidemic
Wednesday, 21 June 2006, 5:12 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation has warned that proposals in a Bill before Parliament aimed at preparing for an epidemic may expose health professionals to even greater risks. More >>
Need For Targeted Funding for Pay
Wednesday, 31 May 2006, 2:39 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
“The breakdown of negotiations between DHBs and GPs over patient fees shows the complexity of a system where government funds private businesses to provide public services,” said New Zealand Nurses Organisation spokesperson, Chris Wilson today. More >>
Practice Nurses Reconfirm Support
Monday, 22 May 2006, 9:16 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
A key gathering of New Zealand's practice nurses has strongly backed the New Zealand Nurses Organisation campaign for pay parity in primary healthcare this afternoon. More >>
Budget Leaves Aged Care Out in the Cold
Thursday, 18 May 2006, 3:53 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
“This year’s Budget will make little, if any, difference to the poverty pay rates in aged care and fails to deliver on election promises of significant extra funding for the sector,” said New Zealand Nurses Organisation spokesperson Rob Haultain today. More >>
Media statement regarding images of caregiving
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 2:31 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation has today reconfirmed that the family of a rest home resident whose photograph appears in a photo essay published in NZNO's magazine Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand gave full consent for publication. More >>
Safe Staffing Lack Puts Lives At Risk in Aged Care
Friday, 12 May 2006, 5:11 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Today is International Nurses Day and the theme is Safe Staffing Saves lives. “Unfortunately for the residents of aged care facilities in New Zealand, many of the facility owners do not accept the fundamental link between staffing numbers and safe care,” said ... More >>
Lack of Staffing Puts Lives At Risk in Aged Care
Friday, 12 May 2006, 10:37 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
12 May 2006 Lack of Safe Staffing Puts Lives At Risk in Aged Care Today is International Nurses Day and the theme is Safe Staffing Saves lives. “Unfortunately for the residents of aged care facilities in New Zealand, many of the facility owners do not accept ... More >>
International Nurses Day - May 12
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 4:14 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
“Safe staffing saves lives. Nurses all over the world believe this and that is one of the reasons why the International Council of Nurses has chosen this as the theme for tomorrow’s International Nurses Day,” said New Zealand Nurses Organisation professional ... More >>
International Midwives Day - May 5
Friday, 5 May 2006, 11:10 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
4 May 2006 Nurses Organisation Salutes Dedication and Professionalism of Midwives International Midwives Day - May 5 “The New Zealand Nurses Organisation will join midwifery and nursing organisations and parents and families around the world tomorrow ... More >>
Nurses Organisation Backs PlunketLine Petition
Thursday, 4 May 2006, 4:11 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
“The New Zealand Nurses Organisation is offering strong support to PlunketLine and is inviting members to sign the national petition calling on government to properly fund it,” said NZNO spokeswoman Cee Payne-Harker today. More >>
Affirmation of Health System Welcomed
Tuesday, 2 May 2006, 10:18 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
"Health Minister Pete Hodgson's address on the health system today shows a sound and confident understanding of the health system," said New Zealand Nurses Organisation CEO Geoff Annals. More >>
Primary Health Workforce Seeing Red Over Pay Gap
Monday, 1 May 2006, 9:45 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Nurses, community health workers and others in the primary healthcare workforce are Seeing Red today (May 1) over the pay gap between them and their counterparts in public hospitals. More >>
Minimum Wage Won’t Fix Low Pay IN Aged Care
Monday, 27 March 2006, 11:39 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
“While any increase to the minimum wage is good, today’s increase won’t fix the huge recruitment and retention problems in residential aged care, or deliver the aged care workforce fair pay,” said New Zealand Nurses Organisation CEO Geoff Annals ... More >>
Paid parental leave should be for foster parents
Friday, 17 March 2006, 6:34 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Paid parental leave should not only be extended to self-employed people; it should also include foster parents who become long-term carers of children under 12 months and parents involved in whaangai adoptions. More >>
Plunket Settlement Leads The Way For Pay Parity
Tuesday, 14 March 2006, 4:19 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Plunket staff have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a 13 percent pay settlement, bringing Plunket nurses in line with the “fair pay” settlement in public hospitals. More >>
Auckland DHB Chair's Claim 'Outrageous'
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 12:57 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Auckland District Health Board (DHB) chair, Wayne Brown's claim that experienced nurses and doctors may be replaced by less experienced staff is outrageous, discriminatory and shows a lack of understanding of current pay scales, according to NZNO's industrial ... More >>
Fairly Paid, Adequate Nursing Workforce Vital
Thursday, 23 February 2006, 4:19 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
“Any public sector review of expenditure which includes the health sector must acknowledge the need for a fairly paid and adequately staffed nursing workforce,” said the New Zealand Nurses Organisation chief executive Geoff Annals today. More >>
Nursing Recruitment Crisis Looms in Primary Health
Wednesday, 22 February 2006, 8:57 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Results of a new survey of primary health nursing staff, conducted by the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, signal a looming recruitment crisis in the sector, unless the pay gap is closed between them and their counterparts in public hospitals (DHBs). More >>
Flexible Hours Essential for Caring Round Clock
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 1:59 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
“Initiatives like the Flexible Working Hours Bill are vital to attracting women workers into the health workforce,” New Zealand Nurses Organisation spokesperson Rob Haultain told the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee today. More >>
