Nurses launch legal action against NSW Government just days out from state election

The New South Wales nurses’ union has launched legal action against the State Government, just 10-days out from the state election. The Nurses and Midwives Association alleges it has ‘uncovered systemic and ongoing non-compliance… resulting in hundreds of thousands of missed nursing care hours.’ But the Premier is remaining adamant that the state’s health system is the strongest in the country.

A supplied scree-grab from a TV advertisement obtained, Sunday, February 5, 2023. Nurses and midwives are ramping up their campaign for nurse/midwife-to-patient ratios and will launch a TV advertisement across metropolitan and regional New South Wales today (5 February), warning voters of the side effects from chronic understaffing in public hospitals. Credit: (AAP Image/NSWNMA) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY