NPAA - Nurses' Professional Association of Australia

18/08/2025

🚨 This is not safe. This is not acceptable.

A child in extreme pain, given Endone and hooked up to an IV drip, was sent back to sit in the waiting room at Gladstone Hospital because there were no beds.

NPAQ President Kara Thomas said:

“A child in pain, given Endone and a cannula, then left in a waiting room — this is not safe, and it is not acceptable. Our frontline nurses are trained to escalate risk, to speak up for safety, but they feel ignored. Families are now going public because the system is beyond stretched — it’s failing.”

Nurses have been sounding the alarm for months about bed block and “corridor medicine.” They’ve been ignored. Now the public can see the truth.

The government must stop gaslighting staff and start fixing the crisis in our hospitals.

👉 Read the full story here:

A child in severe pain was placed in the public waiting room at Gladstone Hospital emergency department after being given pain killers and put onto an intravenous drip due to bed block — just weeks after a hospital executive downplayed nurses claims of “corridor medicine”.

12/08/2025

📣 You spoke up. We acted. And your courage has driven national attention!

On your behalf the NPAQ has been fighting:

✊ Sent a formal letter to the Health Minister, Director-General, and Wide Bay HHS leadership demanding urgent fixes to the unsafe 24-hour ED rule, corridor care, and the severe bed block at Hervey Bay

✊ Partnered with AMPS to draft a policy solution for Hospital Bed Block and Ambulance Ramping

✊ Called for immediate opening of closed wards and shelled space

This campaign started with your voice and together, we’re making it impossible for them to ignore the threats to patients and staff. Thank you for your courage!

31/07/2025

Welcome to the Red Union Loyalty Program Live Stream. The official draw will be at 3pm!

Good Luck to all members!

24/07/2025

🚨 Gladstone ED is in crisis. Nurses are pleading for help.

🔹 Patients with chest pain left in waiting rooms.
🔹 Life-saving medications given in unmonitored spaces.
🔹 Mental health patients confined over 7 days in small, stimulus-deprived cubicles.
🔹 Senior nurses forced to triage, supervise juniors, manage QAS/QPS arrivals on their own.

And yet, hospital executives say “everything’s fine.”
We say: listen to the people living it.

💬 Share your story. Stand with the frontline.
📧 hotline@redunion.com.au

23/07/2025

🚨 THEY’RE SAYING NURSES ARE LYING. WE SAY: ENOUGH. 🚨

Gladstone ED nurses have risked their careers to speak out. They’ve told the truth: about ramping, patient neglect, dangerous workloads, and systemic failures.

Now the government, the Department and the Hospital Executive says there’s no evidence. They’re not listening.

NPAQ president Kara Thomas said she was disappointed by the lack of response from the government.

“Gladstone nurses are raising the alarm because patients are being left in corridors, critical infusions are starting in unmonitored spaces, and mental health patients are languishing in EDs for days,” she said.

“Premier Crisafulli claims to be listening to frontline workers but we’ve sent letter after letter from nurses on the ground and received nothing from him in return.”

💬 If you’ve seen it too—if you’ve lived it—tell your story.
📧 Email us confidentially at hotline@redunion.com.au

🩺 You are not alone. You are not powerless.
🛑 Stop the gaslighting.
📢 We believe nurses. Do you?

https://hubs.la/Q03ypsRH0

Paramedics are being forced to leave patients with chest pains and in need of palliative care unmonitored at hospitals in an effort to get back on the road and reduce ambulance ramping wait times, staff allege.

22/07/2025

🎥 WATCH THIS: Frontline nurses are speaking out. https://hubs.la/Q03ynWgL0

🚨 Meanwhile, the Minister and CQ Health’s Chief Executive categorically deny patients are being left in unmonitored spaces.

But nurses at Gladstone ED are saying it’s happening almost daily.
Patients with chest pain. Palliative care patients. Mental health patients waiting over 120 hours.

📣 So who are we supposed to believe?
The executives behind a press release?
Or the nurses standing in the chaos?

📧 If you’ve seen it too, tell us. Confidentially.
➡️ hotline@redunion.com.au

💥 We believe frontline nurses. We believe in truth.

12/07/2025

🕒 Less than 24 hours to go!

Starting your grad year in nursing? Join us tomorrow at 3:30 pm AEST for a free webinar that’ll help you walk in with confidence, clarity, and the tools to thrive.

What to Expect in Your Grad Year & How to Navigate Challenges
📅 Monday 14 July | 3:30 pm AEST
🎙️ Free, practical, and supportive
🎥 Can’t make it live? Register anyway and we’ll send you the recording.

This is your chance to get insights on:
✅ What to expect in your first year
✅ How to handle overwhelm and workplace challenges
✅ Building your confidence and support network

🎓 Whether you’re nervous, excited or a bit of both — this session is for you.

🔗 Register here (it’s free!): https://hubs.la/Q03wm-K50

06/07/2025

Your grad year is a huge milestone, and yes, it can be overwhelming.
But you’re not alone. This free webinar is here to guide you through what to expect, how to stay grounded, and how to make your first year as a nurse one you can feel proud of.

What to Expect in Your Grad Year & How to Navigate Challenges
📅 Monday 14 July at 3:30 pm AEST
Can’t make it live? Don't worry, the session will be recorded and sent to all who register.
🔗 Register for FREE here: https://hubs.la/Q03vL1Yf0

04/07/2025

Nurses' Professional Association President Kara Thomas speaks on Radio 4BC about the issues affecting nurses in Queensland and across Australia.

The solution starts with reigning in the out of control bureaucracy, prioritising safety and allowing nurses to do what they were trained to do.

Part 3

03/07/2025

🚨 “Stashing patients” to dodge funding penalties isn’t reform—it’s dangerous data manipulation.
From overflow units used to hide 24hr breaches, to staff pressured to reclassify, "screen move" patients just to ‘stop the clock’, because "we need to work together for funding"—this is not safe healthcare. It’s a betrayal of professional standards.

📣 We’re hearing too many of these stories. If you’ve been told to manipulate data, rush discharges, or conceal care delays—we want to hear from you.

📧 Email hotline@redunion.com.au
Att: Kara

Your story could help expose the truth and protect patients.
https://hubs.la/Q03vL0BW0

Frontline emergency department medics across the state have been directed to turnover patients within 24 hours or hospital funding will be lost, sparking outrage from already overwhelmed doctors and nurses who say the “beat the clock” pressure will blow up patient care and encourage data conceal...

03/07/2025

🗳️ YES—You Get a Vote. YES—You’re Covered. YES—You’ll Get Backpay.

Queensland Health nurses and midwives: don’t buy the spin.

🚨 You have a legal right to vote on EB12.
It doesn’t matter who you’re with—Red Union members are 100% included.

📬 Ballot materials are sent to every Qld Health nurse and midwife, regardless of union membership. That's the law. That’s confirmed by Queensland Health itself. Read the full truth here: https://hubs.la/Q03vL0RQ0

🛡️ Once certified, EB12 covers ALL nurses and midwives under the Award

💰 That means the pay rise, conditions, and backpay apply to YOU.

✅ Your vote matters.
✅ Your rights are protected.
✅ Your union is fighting lies with facts.

🔁 Share this with your team. Let’s drown out the fear with facts.
🩺 Ratios. Raises. Rights. Respect.

Nurses and midwives across Queensland Health are being misled about their rights under EB12. This article from NPAQ exposes the truth: all eligible staff can vote and will be covered—regardless of union membership. Know your rights, reject misinformation, and stand strong.

03/07/2025

Nurses' Professional Association President Kara Thomas speaks on Radio 4BC about the issues affecting nurses in Queensland and across Australia.

The solution starts with reigning in the out of control bureaucracy, prioritising safety and allowing nurses to do what they were trained to do.

Part 2