Not a great couple of weeks for Southern Cross Care

This week, workers across too many Southern Cross Care facilities were told that their work will be outsourced to Catering Industries Pty Ltd (see notification at…

A significant victory for Aged Care members!

This week the Fair Work Commission ordered Presbyterian Aged Care (PAC) to recredit leave to nine employees at one of its Sydney facilities after they were…

Westmead: Upcoming members' meeting Thursday 28 January

It’s hard to believe we are almost at the end of January already, which means the opening of the Clinical Acute Services Building (CASB) is fast…

2021: A Big Year for Public Health

You may be aware that the World Health Organisation has designated 2021 the International Year of Health and Care Workers (YHCW). I think many members would agree that the…

Survey: Log of Claims

Survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/adhsu-award-2021 As members know, most of the NSW public sector workforce was awarded a ‘pay rise’ of 0.3% for the 2020 year instead of the usual 2.5% (a…

Canberra Hospital: Changes to Mental Health Beds Management

The HSU has received correspondence from Canberra Health Services regarding proposed changes to the management of mental health beds at Canberra Hospital. You can view the…

Lismore Base Hospital: C Block Refurbishment

The HSU has been advised of planned works to C Block of Lismore Base Hospital. The HSU has today received a memo from…

Guide Dogs NSW/ACT: GDMI Entry Pathways Update

After a long and important consultation process, GDN management have this week moved away from their proposed plans to significantly change the GDMI Entry Pathways. Specifically, this…