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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 >>
First Day Of Bargaining Action For Te Whatu Ora Nurses
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 3:34 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
There is a chronic shortage of thousands of nurses at Te Whatu Ora nurses which is leading to increased wait times in Emergency Departments and compromising the quality of patient care," Bruce McIntosh says. More >>
NZNO Urges Pharmac To Take Israeli Drug Company Off Its List
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 10:53 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
We call on Pharmac through its tender process to replace medicines currently on the Pharmaceutical Schedule that are currently supplied by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (Teva) with another brand. More >>
NZNO Calls For Reversal On Heated Tobacco Products Experiment
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 10:52 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) is horrified by statements from Finance Minister Nicola Willis that the Government is experimenting with using heated tobacco products as an alternative to cigarettes ... More >>
Nurses’ Bargaining Starts With Action For Safe Staffing
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 12:35 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Nurses are kicking off their collective bargaining with Te Whatu Ora by taking action for safe staffing on Friday, New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) says. More >>
Nurses Pay Tribute To Māori King
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 12:34 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Going right back to the days of Te Puea Hērangi, about 100 years ago, the Kiingitanga have been trying to tell the powers that be that there are other ways to improve the health and wellbeing of their people. And that way is Mana Motuhake. More >>
Budget Increases Needed To Meet Health Targets
Thursday, 12 September 2024, 4:24 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) agrees with the Minister of Health that every dollar spent on health is precious but disagrees that the Government’s health targets can be reached within current ... More >>
Te Whatu Ora Redundancy Proposal In Breach Of Collective Agreements
Wednesday, 28 August 2024, 5:03 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Suggesting there are opportunities for redundancies when the health workforce is under resourced will have the effect of destabilising workers who will be concerned about the security of their work and will create more stress to people who already ... More >>
