Unified Magazine / Summer 2023

Pathology push for a better industry

At the HSU Conference in May this year, delegates in the Private Health Division got together to tackle a serious problem: the private pathology industry. Delegates…

Unified Magazine / Summer 2023

The need for urgent action to prevent increasing rates of alcohol harm

Caterina Giorgi, CEO, Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) In September this year, data released from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)…

Unified Magazine / Summer 2023

HSU calls out over-reliance on consultants

NSW Health has a consultancy problem. The reliance on consultants is truly staggering, running into very many millions of dollars. It’s often difficult to get a…

Unified Magazine / Summer 2023

Overstretched ACT Radiation Therapists walk off the job

Canberra’s radiation therapists took action this year, walking off the job to demand a competitive pay increase to keep skilled professionals in the Territory. …

Unified Magazine / Summer 2023

Award Reform: Time to get our broken and outdated public health awards fixed

HSU members across NSW Health have been struggling under outdated and unfit for purpose awards for years – but now, we’re finally moving ahead with negotiating…

From the Secretary

Coffs Harbour: Vote for your bargaining committee representatives!

Three union members from Coffs Harbour Health Campus have nominated to be on the Award Reform State Bargaining Committee. Coffs Harbour Health Campus is entitled to…

From the Secretary

Ballina: Vote for your bargaining committee representative!

Three union members from Ballina Hospital have nominated to be on the Award Reform State Bargaining Committee. Ballina Hospital is entitled to one representative, so you…

Unified Magazine / Summer 2023

HSU teams up to tackle NSW housing affordability crisis

Everyone knows we’re facing a housing crisis –  and no one is feeling it more than frontline healthcare workers who can’t afford to live anywhere near…