After more than a decade of campaigning by the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA), staffing ratios will finally be introduced across medical, surgical and specialty wards including neurology, respiratory and oncology, in the next stage of the nurse-to-patient ratios rollout.

The NSW government says Lismore Base Hospital has now begun rostering to Safe Staffing Levels in the emergency department (ED), delivering on its promise to deliver the historic staffing reform.

If you have spent even one night in one of New South Wales’ public hospitals, you will know that they are staffed with bone fide angels who work too hard for not enough pay.

Three local hospitals are included in a list of 27 across rural and regional parts of NSW to have official Safe Staffing Levels introduced in emergency departments.

Leaving scrubs behind and tucking their angel wings into street threads, hundreds of deserving nurses and midwives gathered at the Ballina RSL recently for the 2025 Northern NSW Local Health District Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards.

The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has called on the Minns government to put its extra share of federal health funding towards NSW nurses and midwives’ wages.

Next month there will be a public forum on 'Vital Work', with local nurses and midwives, exploring the medical staffing crisis.

It seems like nurses and midwives are always struggling under the weight of poor patient-to-staff ratios. It is hoped that an influx of new workers could help ease the load. This will be a welcome relief for local staff.

This Saturday the Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) is hosting a Careers Expo for job seekers who might be interested in a career in health.

It’s International Nurses Day today – an international day observed around the world each year on 12 May which is the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. The event mark the contributions that nurses make to society. The theme for the 2023 resource is Our Nurses. Our Future.