Public Sector Updates – North West
North West Regional Hospital (NWRH)
Surgical Ward
The ANMF formally raised a Workload Grievance on behalf of members at the NWRH Surgical Ward. At a member meeting on Monday 14 July 2025, members noted that despite the Tasmanian Health Service (THS) acknowledging the concerns and meeting to provide detail and work collaboratively to seek solutions, the actions to date have not addressed the workload concerns. In line with members endorsement the ANMF have notified THS management that the grievance is now escalated to Step 2 and a specialist panel is to be convened.
Medical Ward Step 2 Grievance Workload Concerns
The ANMF, on behalf of members working at the NWRH Medical Ward, formally raised a Step 1 Grievance as per the Tasmanian Nurses and Midwives [Tasmanian State Service] Award 2024, Part VII, Section 2: Workload Management S2013 in November 2024. View the latest update
Operating Room Suite (ORS)
The ongoing workload dispute in the NWRH ORS was scheduled to be heard on Tuesday 29 April 2025 in the Tasmanian Industrial Commission (TIC).
On Monday 28 April 2025, your Employer, Tasmanian Health Service (THS) committed in writing to increase nursing staff by 7.35 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) for a 12-month period. Fourteen weeks later the positions have not been advertised, and your workload concerns have not been addressed. View the latest update
Updates are correct as of 6 August 2025.
Authorised by Emily Shepherd, ANMF Tasmanian Branch Secretary
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