Upper Hunter nurses have told the State Government there is no reason why they shouldn’t be implementing safe nurse-to-patient ratios and give them a much-deserved pay rise.
Dozens of off-duty frontline staff gathered in protest outside Muswellbrook and Singleton Hospital yesterday afternoon.
NSW Nurses and Midwives Association Muswellbrook Branch Assistant Secretary Peggy Smith told the Muswellbrook event…an independent audit conducted for them by Deloittes has found NSW Health could afford to pay their 15 percent wage claim.
The rally was also told an immediate 15 percent pay rise would still leave Upper Hunter nurses earning over $40,000 less than Sydney rail workers.
Nurses union Muswellbrook Branch Secretary Kathryn Black told the event…even if the pay claim was awarded, it would still leave members so far behind other government workers.
