Thousands of NSW public hospital nurses have walked off the job in protest at inadequate staff-to-patient ratios, saying they are at breaking point and stretched too thin to give people the care they deserve reported foreign media.
At least 5000 nurses and midwives from dozens of hospitals and health services have marched down Sydney’s Macquarie Street, gathering outside state parliament to call for better pay and nurse-to-patient ratios.
Staff at around 150 public hospitals are participating in staggered strikes across the state on Tuesday, with a skeleton staff working to ensure patient safety.
Nurses want ratios of one nurse to every four patients on every shift and a pay increase above the government’s prescribed public sector offer of 2.5%.
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| theguardian.com |
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