May 2021 vol 27 no 4
June 3, 2021
Hordes of mid-afternoon walkers blasted up and down Willis St, Wellington, but there were clipboards, pens and the nursing kaupapa awaiting their attention.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 20, 2021
The Government has splashed $486 million in Budget 2021 to kick start its planned health system revamp.
Read more... Budget 2021: Government lays out cash for transition to new health system
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 19, 2021
A surge of nurses joined NZNO the day it announced plans to strike next month, and is continuing, after an “overwhelming” vote by members over district health board pay negotiations.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 17, 2021
At least 17,000 health workers died in the past year as the world reacted too slowly to the “preventable” COVID-19 pandemic, a new World Health Organisation report has found.
Read more... ‘Preventable’ virus costs 17,000 health workers’ lives globally
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 14, 2021
NZNO members working in District Health Boards (DHBs) have “overwhelmingly” voted to strike after rejecting last month’s offer in multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) negotiations.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
Experienced nurses are quitting the profession in droves. What’s driving them out and what might keep them working in acute care?
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
It’s a long way from Mauritius to the South Island’s West Coast, but Randy Gopalla is comfortable with small-town life and more generalist rural practice.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
The ambassador to the Philippines has stepped in to ask the New Zealand Government to change its visa rules after eight Filipino nurses trying to fly to New Zealand were halted at Manila’s airport earlier this year.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
“Overwhelming solidarity” has seen a proposed collective agreement (CA) between St George’s Hospital in Christchurch and NZNO ratified by 88 per cent of voting members.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
Members working in aged care are under increasing pressure to do more with less, NZNO industrial adviser for aged care Lesley Harry says.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
A proposed agreement between NZNO members and residential aged care provider CHT Healthcare Trust has been “overwhelmingly” ratified by 96 per cent of voting members, organiser Christina Couling said.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
Work to benchmark salaries for Family Planning (FP) nurses and other staff has been completed, primary health care industrial adviser Chris Wilson said.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
NZNO is going into mediation with Hospice New Zealand, after members rejected its proposed multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) in April.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
Collective agreement (CA) negotiations between NZNO and Plunket were to take place on May 4 and 5, after members around the country endorsed a range of claims including a focus on Family Start and administration staff.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
Nurses’ contribution to the COVID-19 pandemic has been significant in all areas of health care.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
A review of NZNO’s constitution is unlikely to be completed in time for the 2021 NZNO annual general meeting (AGM) in September, says NZNO’s board of directors.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
Questions remain over plans to use lay people in the Government’s ambitious COVID-19 vaccination rollout.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
She was a “unionist to her boots” and had she lived, Helen Kelly might even have a nice view from a Beehive office by now.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
Nurses must not be forgotten in the End of Life Choice Act (EOLCA), due to come into effect on November 7, NZNO says.
Read more... Nurses ‘profoundly affected’ by end-of-life law
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
After a long bureaucratic journey, worsened by the lockdown, an RN from Nepal is thriving in her first New Zealand nursing role.
