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Aged Care Royal Commission Report Released
Aged Care Royal Commission Report Released On Monday 1 March 2021, the Federal Government made public the final Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Staffing Report. The Report which outlines over 100 recommendations to be made over five years, provides an honest and confronting review of aged care in Australia. [...]
Proposed changes to workplace rules will be bad for workers
Proposed changes to workplace rules will be bad for workers The Morrison Government has proposed to make changes to the industrial relations laws which will have very real and damaging effects on Australian workers. The so-called Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020, also referred to as Omnibus [...]
Launceston General Hospital Masterplan Consultation
Launceston General Hospital Masterplan Consultation The ANMF has been a stakeholder on the Northern Reference Group for the Launceston General Hospital (LGH) Masterplan. The Northern Reference Group includes Public and Private Health Clinicians and a consumer. The Reference Group is chaired by Tony Lawler (Chief Medical Officer). Meetings commenced in [...]
Mental Health Updates – Statewide
Mental Health Updates - Statewide Mental Health Inpatient Unit The ANMF have received a response to Step 1 Grievance letter from Statewide Mental Health Services (SMHS) which will be forwarded to members via email for their review. The ANMF will seek to arrange an urgent member meeting in the unit to review the feedback and seek resolution with [...]
Aged Care Updates – Statewide
Aged Care Updates - Statewide Respect – Wellington Views The ANMF visited members at Respect Wellington Views on 11 February 2021. We listened to a number of member concerns about workload issues, staff meetings, lifting policy, clinical support, and other workplace matters. Following this we have secured a commitment from management to meet with the ANMF and our [...]
Public Sector Updates: North West
Public Sector Updates - North West Mersey Community Hospital Emergency Department ANMF officials met with Tasmanian Health Service management and ANMF members on 8 February 2021, to review the benchmarking data. Members voted to endorse the 2019 benchmarking data which reflects a 1.31 increase in FTE. Members subsequently raised a list of questions regarding the data that requires [...]