Hastings region nurses rally for better pay Camden Haven Camden Haven News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - July 28, 2024 Nurses and midwives rallied at Port Macquarie Base Hospital on Tuesday for better pay. NURSES and midwives from across the Hastings and Mid North Coast held an own-time rally at 12pm on Tuesday 23 July at Port Macquarie Base Hospital to call for improved pay. NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members are demanding a one-year fifteen percent pay rise to fix the “staffing crisis in the public health system”, and to stop nurses and midwives leaving the industry or moving interstate for better pay and conditions. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au “To attract and retain experienced nurses and midwives, NSWNMA members are demanding the NSW government pay wages that reflect their vital work, and also respect and value the state’s largest female-dominated professions,” a statement from NSWNMA said on Tuesday. “There is clear evidence that the low pay is driving shortages of nurses and midwives across the state and it is time that the government acted to stem the losses.” Peter Peisley, Union Delegate for the Kempsey Mental Health Branch of NSWNMA, said the local rally was a “great success”. “[It] really sent the message across for a fifteen percent in one year claim, rejecting the ten percent in four years offer recently from NSW Health.” Last week, as reported in News Of The Area, it was announced that Port Macquarie Base Hospital will become one of the first in regional NSW to roll out new Safe Staffing levels. Nurses and midwives rallied at Port Macquarie Base Hospital on Tuesday for better pay.
