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Mental health crisis crippling our hospital system 26 February - The ANMF (SA Branch) is calling on the State Government to urgently address the chronic lack of mental health beds after yet another week of alarming ambulance ramping figures and a huge spike in theatre cancellations. Read more
Exhausted nurses call to suspend elective surgery amid safety fears 25 February - Nurses have called for the suspension of elective surgery at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital over concerns about safety and fatigue. Read more
Nurses speak out against Omnibus Bill 24 February - The Morrison Government’s proposed Omnibus Bill is a “huge insult” to nurses and aged care workers, an ANMF (SA Branch) member stated in response to this month’s Senate Inquiry into the proposed legislation. Read more
Dolphins and desert – why Whyalla is this country nurse’s calling 24 February - Whyalla Hospital nurse Nyssa Hartup is a fair dinkum kid from the country, having grown up in the Eyre Peninsula town since moving from the Upper Hunter Valley at age five. Read more
Celebrities weigh in on COVID crisis 24 February - Aussie actor Hugh Jackman has joined pop stars Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus and Usher in a global campaign to end COVID and kickstart a global recovery. Read more
Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout gets underway 22 February - Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout has officially begun. Priority groups at higher risk of contracting COVID-19, including frontline healthcare workers, quarantine and border workers, and aged and disability care residents and staff, Read more
Radical and costly changes are needed in aged care but will the Government listen? 21 February - For a long time, older Australians have been out of sight and out of mind. As the nation has grown more prosperous, many of those who helped build it have been forgotten – mistreated in aged-care homes, ignored on enormous waiting lists Read more
Termination of Pregnancy Bill set to become law 19 February - South Australia finally looks set to join the rest of the country following historic abortion law reform. Read more
Explainer: How do the COVID-19 vaccines work? 19 February - The Australian Government has detailed a national rollout strategy for the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines. Read the ANMF's resource on How Vaccines Work resource. Read more
Adelaide nurse shines a torch on aged care 18 February - Caring for the elderly has been ANMF (SA Branch) nurse Sharon Lawrence’s “passion”. Read more
Members ‘devastated’ by hospital closure 18 February - The ANMF (SA Branch) understands 48 members will be adversely impacted by the looming closure of the Parkwynd Private Hospital on East Tce. Read more
Aged care campaigning – watch for the next steps 18 February - The last week saw the launch of a national campaign by the Australian Aged Care Collaboration (AACC) with the tag line ‘It’s Time to Care about Aged Care’. Read more

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