Nurses and midwives across the NSW Health Sector are facing unprecedented conditions; pay cheques that don’t align with the current inflation, unruly patient-to-staff ratios, and emotional burnout, calling into question – What is the cost of kindness, and who's paying the price?
4ZZZ Journalist Stephanie Felesina spoke with NSW midwife Bella Liberty, NSW Emergency nurse Ellie Peach speaking from the NSW Nursing and Midwife association, and Charmaine Murphy of the Lismore Nurse and Midwife association.
Nurses and midwives across the NSW Health Sector are facing unprecedented conditions; pay cheques that don’t align with the current inflation, unruly patient-to-staff ratios, and emotional burnout. Four protests have been conducted this year alone with little to no government recognition or response, prompting the question: What is the cost of kindness, and who's paying the price? To answer this question 4ZZZ journalist Stephanie Felesina spoke with NSW midwife Bella Liberty, NSW Emergency nurse Ellie Peach speaking from the NSW Nursing and Midwife association, and Charmaine Murphy of the Lismore Nurse and Midwife association.
That was 4ZZZ journalist Stephanie Felesina's conversation with various members of the NSW healthcare sector about the physical and mental impacts of the last year.