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ANMF Media Release: Calvary Lenah Valley ED Shuts Doors on Weekends
Staffing Challenges Forces Calvary Lenah Valley to Close ED Doors on Weekends 25 March 2022 The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Tasmanian Branch (ANMF) is disappointed Calvary Lenah Valley will close its Emergency Department (ED) each weekend due to staff shortages. Director of Clinical Services, Leah Magliano has [...]
ANMF Media Release: Budget Wish List
Federal Budget Must Deliver on Aged Care 28 March 2022 The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) Tasmanian Branch has called on the Federal Government to invest heavily in aged care, including funding and legislating minimum staffing ratios and implementing minimum mandated care minutes in the upcoming Budget. [...]
ANMF Media Release: Aged Care Nurses to Rally for Aged Care Reform
Aged Care Nurses to Rally for Aged Care Reform 28 February 2o22 The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) Tasmanian Branch will be joining aged care nurses tomorrow (Tuesday 1 March 2022) at two covid safe rallies in Devonport and Launceston to mark one year since the Royal [...]
ANMF Media Release: Aged Care Action
ANMF Media Release: Aged Care Action 7 February 2022 Embargoed until Tuesday 8th February 2022 Aged Care in Crisis – Action needed NOW Photo Opportunity ONLY: Tuesday 8th February 2022 at 10.30am, Parliament House Lawns in Hobart The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Tasmanian Branch (ANMF) and members [...]
ANMF Media Release: One Week to Resolve Staffing Crisis
ANMF Media Release: One Week to Resolve Staffing Crisis 31 January 2022 The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Tasmanian Branch (ANMF), alongside workplace delegates, attended the Tasmanian Industrial Commission today, Monday 31 January 2022, following the lodgement of an urgent application regarding unsafe staffing at the State’s major [...]
ANMF Media Release: Nurses and Midwives at Breaking Point
Nurses and Midwives at Breaking Point 20 January 2022 Doorstop Where: ANMF Office 19 Brisbane Street, Launceston When: TODAY 20 January 2022, 2:30pm Who: ANMF Tasmanian Branch Secretary, Emily Shepherd The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Tasmanian Branch (ANMF) is dismayed and frustrated that members’ calls to ensure [...]
ANMF Media Release: Nursing and Midwifery Staff Morale Hits All Time Low
Nursing and Midwifery Staff Morale Hits All Time Low 6 January 2022 Media Doorstop: Where: ANMF office, 19 Brisbane Street, Launceston Date: Thursday 6 January 2022 (TODAY) Time: 2:00pm The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) Tasmanian Branch has been inundated with contact from members across the State [...]
ANMF Media Release: Calls Grow Louder for a COVID-19 Allowance for Tasmanian Public Sector Nurses and Midwives
Calls Grow Louder for a COVID-19 Allowance for Tasmanian Public Sector Nurses and Midwives 24 December 2021 Media Doorstop: When: 24 December 2021 Time: 2pm (TODAY) Where: ANMF Office, 19 Brisbane Street, Launceston Who: ANMF Tasmanian Branch Secretary Emily Shepherd Following the Tasmanian border opening on December 15, [...]
ANMF Media Release: The ANMF’s Christmas Wish List includes a COVID-19 Allowance for Healthcare Staff
The ANMF’s Christmas Wish List includes a COVID-19 Allowance for Healthcare Staff 23 December 2021 As the Tasmanian community prepares for Christmas and the holiday season, members of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Tasmanian Branch (ANMF) are preparing to continue delivering high quality services to patients, clients, [...]
ANMF Media Release: COVID-19 Health System Preparedness
Calls for More Staff Amid Concerns Over COVID-19 Health System Preparedness 7 December 2021 The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Tasmanian Branch (ANMF) today welcomed the wide-scale preparation for the re-opening of the State’s borders on 15 December 2021 - with increases in beds, ventilators, and PPE. However, [...]