New Zealand Nurses Organisation - Latest News [Page 27]
National's Aged Care Policy Won't Fix the Pay
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 3:29 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The money National has promised for the struggling aged care sector is a drop in the bucket and there is no guarantee any of it would find its way into nurses' and caregivers' pay packets, said the New Zealand Nurses Organisation today. More >>
Nurse Maude Strike To Go Ahead
Thursday, 8 September 2005, 1:19 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Around 200 registered and enrolled nurses and caregivers employed by Canterbury's Nurse Maude Association will strike for 24 hours from 7am Friday 9th September. More >>
Tax cuts have Nat'l health policy running on empty
Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 1:29 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
National's health policy falls well short of what is needed to maintain current services and deliver improvements in staffing and quality, says the NZ Nurses Organisation. More >>
New president for New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Thursday, 1 September 2005, 9:41 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation have elected a new president, current vice president Marion Guy. More >>
Nurses support health and wellness checks
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 5:14 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation strongly supports the Green Party policy of free annual health and wellness checks for all New Zealanders, run by nurses said NZNO president Jane O’Malley today. More >>
The health risk from National’s IR policies
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 11:36 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Nurses and other health workers have benefited from the current Labour-led government’s industrial relations policies, strengthening the health workforce in a way that improves the health system for all New Zealanders,” said New Zealand Nurses organisation spokeswoman ... More >>
Historic Parity Step For Primary Health Nurses
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 10:59 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Nurses and other primary healthcare workers across the country have overwhelmingly voted yes to negotiating together for a multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) to win pay parity with public hospitals. More >>
Funding Swallowed Up In Tax Cuts For Top Earners
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 12:15 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
"The nearly $4 billion National wants to give in tax cuts leaves nothing to fix the funding crisis in aged care," said NZNO spokeswoman Cee Payne-Harker today. More >>
Canterbury Nurse Maude Staff To Strike For Parity
Wednesday, 24 August 2005, 5:27 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Canterbury Nurse Maude nurses working in the hospice, hospital and district nursing and community services have today voted overwhelmingly to strike for 24 hours on 9 September in pursuit of parity with their district health board counterparts. More >>
Beware the stranger bearing gifts
Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 12:22 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO is urging caution as middle income earners assess National’s proposed tax cuts. “After every round of across the board tax cuts income inequality has worsened, the health of the poor has worsened, and funding for public health services has fallen” ... More >>
Mileage money funded through axing subsidies
Tuesday, 16 August 2005, 3:46 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
"The National Party's promise to re-fund mileage for home care workers traveling between clients using money saved by axing subsidies for adults under 65 to visit the doctor is giving with one hand and taking away with the other," said NZNO spokesperson ... More >>
National's Primary Health approach "grave concern"
Thursday, 11 August 2005, 3:34 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Indications on the direction of National's health policy will be of grave concern to nurses on the front line of primary health care delivery, says the Nurses Organisation. More >>
Annette King to Take Nurses’ Parity Call to Govt
Friday, 5 August 2005, 2:14 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The Minister of Health, Annette King, has agreed to take a message to Government from over 200 primary health nurses who want the Government to work with the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and employers to close the pay gap between them and their ... More >>
Primary Health Care Conference
Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 9:05 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
More than 200 primary health care nurses from around the country will attend a conference at Auckland’s Waipuna Conference Centre on Friday and Saturday (August 5-6). The conference will be opened by Health Minister Annette King. More >>
NZNO Challenge All Parties On Aged Care Crisis
Tuesday, 2 August 2005, 1:43 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Nurses' Organisation Challenges All Parties To Spell Out How They Will Solve Aged Care Crisis More >>
Labour’s Student Loan Policy Works for Nurses
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 9:35 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The announcement of interest free student loans is a major victory for those who have campaigned for a fairer student loan scheme, according to a nursing student leader. Head of NZNO’s National Student Unit, third-year student at Christchurch ... More >>
Nursing Programmes Should Stem Tide
Wednesday, 13 July 2005, 5:19 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation is delighted at today’s (July 13) announcement by Health Minister Annette King that the Ministry of Health and district health boards will fund 600 positions for first year of practice nurses from mid-2006. More >>
Private takeover of rest homes a possible threat
Wednesday, 13 July 2005, 9:29 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
In the midst of what appears to be massive private takeover of aged health care facilities, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) welcomed long-awaited and desperately needed new government funding for aged care providers. More >>
Radiation technologists withdraw strike notice
Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 1:01 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation has withdrawn its strike notice on behalf of medical radiation technologists at Counties Manukau District Health Board. More >>
Govt. fails to live up to its promise on aged-care
Thursday, 19 May 2005, 6:14 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The Government has failed to honour the commitment made by Prime Minister, Helen Clark, in this year’s opening statement to Parliament to make aged-care funding a “top priority” this year, according to the country’s largest health sector union, ... More >>