Issue No 119 | 16 November 2001 | |
NewsCompetition for Nurses Hots Up
Nurses at one of Australia's largest private hospitals have won significant improvements in wages and conditions, which go a long way towards making nursing a more attractive profession. NSW Nurses Association members at St Vincent's Private Hospital have voted to accept a new enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA), which provides a pay rise that is 2.5 per cent above current public sector rates and major improvements in such things as allowances, maternity and paternity leave, salary sacrificing and rostering procedures. NSWNA Acting General Secretary, Brett Holmes, says the St Vincent's agreement is a credit to the nurses at St Vincent's who struggled hard for this outcome. "It also increases the pressure on the NSW Government and other health care employers. NSW is experiencing a serious nurse shortage, which is impacting on the availability and quality of health and aged care services. St Vincent's seems to have accepted this fact to some extent and has gone some way towards improving the working life of its nurses. "It is time other employers, including the NSW Government, other private hospitals and aged care providers, also accepted we face a nursing crisis and negotiated wages and conditions that will help rebuild this vital profession," Holmes says.
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