West Syd nurse numbers unsafe

Date: 18 March 2010

Nurses across the Sydney West Area Health Service (SWAHS) will hold midday rallies at seven hospitals tomorrow, Thursday 18 March, to highlight the fact that nurse numbers at SWAHS hospitals and community health services have dropped to unsafe levels.

Rallies details

Time: 12.00noon

Venues

Katoomba - outside hospital on Great Western Highway

Penrith - outside Nepean Hospital, Great Western Highway

Mount Druitt - Zoe Place, Mount Druitt

Blacktown - outside Blacktown Hospital, Blacktown Road

Westmead - cnr Darcey and Hawkesbury Rds

Auburn - cnr Norval St and Hargrave Rd

Concerned members of the community are invited to join the rally in their area.Off duty nurses from Portland, Springwood and Cumberland hospitals and all Sydney West community health services will join the rallies in their area.

NSW Nurses Association (NSWNA) general secretary, Brett Holmes, will attend and address the Nepean Hospital rally at Penrith.

Mr Holmes said Sydney West AHS nurses have had it and their frustration with the lack of nurse recruitment and cuts to beds and services has boiled over.

"The SWAHS really needs an urgent cash injection and it needs to start advertising for nurses immediately," Mr Holmes said.

Media inquiries

Lisa Kremmer 0414-550

John Moran 0410-603 278

For further information

Contact:	Brett Holmes
Union:	NSW Nurses Association
Contact Mobile:	0414-550 324
WWW:	http://www.nswnurses.asn.au/news/26521.html

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