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25/02/2023

As part of the Maranga Mai! campaign around disparity in the funding for Primary Health Care nurses salary scales, PHC nurses (all delegates) from Feilding met with Rangitikei MP Ian McKelvie. The nurses say Ian was engaged and receptive to their stories but was not aware of the disparity. The nurses also focussed on recruitment and retention of nurses across all services and how being paid less made them feel undervalued by employers and the Government.

Pictured from left: Melinda Williams (Plunket Nurse), Ange McEntee (Practice Nurse), Layli Monaghan (Practice Nurse), Ian McKelvie
Foreground Donna Ryan (NZNO Organiser Central).

25/02/2023

Every hospital and health care provider in the country is on the brink of a tipping point, according to the president of the NZ Nurses Organisation. Figures released to 1News show hospitals across the country hit 100% capacity more than 600 times last year, but are only designed for 80-85% occupancy.

25/02/2023

Primary Health Care nurses continue to meet with their local MPs as part of the Maranga Mai! campaign around disparity in the funding of their salary scales.

Last Wednesday (8 February), Plunket nurse Sharon Ayto and PHC College Te Rūnunga representative Charleen Wardell met with Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds to talk about the challenges PHC nurses face.

Sharon has her own caseload with no cover for annual or sick leave and spoke about the meeting preparation and follow up work not adequately factored into her daily workload.

Charleen spoke of the disparity between iwi health providers with highly qualified and experienced nurses being offered salaries equivalent to that of new graduates.

Simmonds was interested and sympathetic, saying funding, training, retention and recruitment, and improving immigration settings were the four key areas that needed addressing.

Pictured from left: Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds, organiser Alastair Teague, Plunket nurse Sharon Ayto, PHC College Te Rūnunga representative Charleen Wardell and organiser Gail Arthur.

25/02/2023

Primary Health Care delegates brought the disparity in funding for Primary Health Care nurses salary scales to the attention of Gore MP Joseph Mooney on Thursday (9 February).

This was part of the ongoing Maranga Mai! campaign to make Pay Parity a priority election issue.

Discussions were held around the crisis in rural health, and the retention and recruitment of nurses. Members were also clear that if Pay Parity was not given to rural health and PHC nurses then recruitment will be voided by the exodus through lack of retention.

The conversation also focused on the emergence of nurse practitioners and the lack of support for those moving into these roles, and acute shortages of clinic nurses and GPs in outlining regions leading to pressure on local hospital.

Mooney responded by saying the recruitment of nurses through immigration was among the priorities for National.

Pictured from left to right: Deborah Aynsley Hunt, Lyndal Eason, Gore MP Joseph Mooney, NZNO organiser Alistair Teague, Sarah Mantell, Zoe Hancock, and Zara Mills

25/02/2023

We're mindful of the extra demands – both personal and professional – that Cyclone Gabrielle has forced upon our members, who we know will be putting patients first during this traumatic time.

Those affected include our own Kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku and this story in Kaitiaki looks at her experience as well as that of other members.

https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/kaiwhakahaere-among-nurses-forced-to-abandon-flooded-homes-in-cyclone/?fbclid=IwAR0TkqD-HKVOmtg7TIzSUpcpw_u9WWShAHN1e8DfSHzENPnbyfM892pS03s

News Kaiwhakahaere among nurses forced to abandon flooded homes in cyclone By Cate Macintosh and Mary Longmore February 15, 2023 NZNO members are facing devastation and uncertainty as Cyclone Gabrielle continues its onslaught, with some left temporarily homeless and others stranded in regions withou...

25/02/2023

“We need to grow our own, and for the money that we’re using on these international campaigns we could be incentivising and supporting more nurses to graduate and free up the flow.” - NZNO Kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/131240062/three-international-campaigns-to-recruit-nurses-sees-just-32-staff-hired?fbclid=IwAR2wzM5YhG8vU5BCBXIh-2Yd9ODX41iQ1mYzxQPXPRHBORXOsmdzc8Wg_2o

A series of campaigns that cost almost $600,000 in media placements alone has seen just a handful of new nurses hired - enough to plug 1% of nursing vacancies.

25/02/2023

HDEC Annual Progress Report:

-The two sections of the progress report have been merged into a single page for ease of use.

25/02/2023

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25/02/2023

HDEC Application:

-An issue preventing an out of scope exemption for some observational studies has been fixed.

25/02/2023

Ethics RM Minor Update 1.29a

This is a minor update in our Ethics RM forms to fix a couple of issues. It is not mandatory to update current forms in order to submit. If you have active signatures on a form please be aware that updating it will invalidate these and they will need to be re-requested.

Home Updates Ethics RM Minor Update 1.29a Ethics RM Minor Update 1.29a 13 February 2023 10/02/2023 - Minor Update 1.29aThis is a minor update in our Ethics RM forms to fix a couple of issues. It is not mandatory to update current forms in order to submit. If you have active signatures on a form plea...