Manly Observer: Nurses and midwives working at Northern Beaches Hospital will strike for 26 hours from 6am today, 24 March as part of a series of rolling stoppages at Healthscope hospitals.
NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members say they are refusing to give up their fight for staffing improvements and fair pay.
They’re calling on the private operator to put “patients and staff before profits and implement safe working conditions for nurses and midwives so they can provide quality patient care.”
Members are seeking mandated nurse/midwife to patient ratios, a 15% one-year wage increase, increased night shift penalty rates, and improved leave entitlements similar to their public counterparts.
State representatives Michael Regan (Wakehurst) and Jacqui Scruby (Pittwater), alongside Federal Member for Mackellar Sophie Scamps, attended the strike and supported NSWNMA members’ calls to put the hospital in public hands.