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January 15, 2020

Global Nurses United News Round-Up – January 14, 2020

Australia

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/01/03/australia-braces-bush-fire-crisis-worsen-amid-scorching-heat-high-winds-through-weekend/

Headline: Australia braces for bush fire crisis to escalate amid scorching heat, high winds through the weekend

 

https://www.tenterfieldstar.com.au/story/6569399/health-minister-pops-by-to-check-out-tenterfield-hospital/?cs=12

Headline: Health Minister pops by to check out Tenterfield Hospital

 

 

Canada

 

Canadian Labour Congress to elect second woman president

Headline: Canadian Labour Congress to elect first woman president

 

https://www.acadienouvelle.com/actualites/2020/01/09/une-arbitre-ordonne-la-fin-des-primes-pour-les-infirmieres-du-chr/

Titre: Une arbitre ordonne la fin des primes pour les infirmières du CHR

Headline: Arbitrator orders end of bonuses for CHR nurses

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/emergency-room-overcrowding-1.5416577

Headline: Health professionals calling for long-term solutions with ERs running at double capacity across Quebec

 

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1464356/plan-gestion-crise-urgence-hopital-maisonneuve-rosemont

Titre: Un plan pour venir à bout de la crise à l’urgence de l’hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont

Headline: A plan to overcome the crisis in the emergency room at Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-s-maisonneuve-rosemont-hospital-1.5421540

Headline: Maisonneuve-Rosemont ER diverting ambulances as overworked nurses call in sick

 

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/hsc-announces-increased-security-and-changes-to-hiring-practices-amid-threats-of-grey-listing-1.4757652

Headline: HSC announces increased security and changes to hiring practices amid threats of ‘grey listing’

 

 

France

 

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/emploi/carriere/vie-professionnelle/sante-au-travail/hopitaux-publics-ces-infirmiers-qui-preferent-travailler-en-belgique_3777885.html

Titre: Hôpitaux publics : ces infirmiers qui préfèrent travailler en Belgique

Headline: Public hospitals: nurses prefer to work in Belgium

 

 

India

 

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-pulse/article304

75685.ece

Headline: Healthcare’s unsung heroes often don’t have time even for a cup of tea

 

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/nurses-say-chandigarh-goverment-hospital-short-staffed-patients-not-getting-individual-care-6209386/

Headline: Nurses say Chandigarh govt hospital short-staffed, patients not getting individual care

 

 

Ireland

 

https://www.irishpost.com/news/worst-ever-day-patients-trolleys-irish-hospitals-since-records-began-760-people-without-bed-176618

Headline: 760 people on trolleys in Irish hospitals in worst-ever day since records began

 

https://www.newstalk.com/news/760-patients-waiting-bed-today-inmo-warns-extreme-overcrowding-crisis-946239

Headline: 760 patients waiting for a bed today as INMO warns of ‘extreme overcrowding crisis’

 

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/sections-of-hospitals-shut-down-due-to-overcrowding-1.4134303

Headline: Sections of hospitals ‘shut down’ due to overcrowding

 

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/nurses-call-for-major-incident-protocol-as-trolley-numbers-hit-record-high-973912.html

Headline: Nurses call for major-incident protocol as trolley numbers hit record high

 

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/intolerable-pressure-placed-on-frontline-staff-and-patients-continues-621-people-waiting-for-hospital-bed-38844217.html

Headline: ‘Intolerable pressure placed on frontline staff and patients continues’ – 621 people waiting for hospital bed

 

https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/LATEST-Declare-a-major-incident-INMO-calling-for-immediate-action-to-alleviate-hospital-overcrowding-pressures-8b1bd259-53d7-4cf9-a058-f20af77f59a1-ds

Headline: LATEST: ‘Declare a major incident’ INMO calling for immediate action to alleviate hospital overcrowding pressures

 

https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/Nurses-warn-that-intolerable-pressure-on-A-E-patients-and-staff-will-continue-13836fb2-5201-4159-a623-69991b1d305b-ds

Headline: Nurses warn that ‘intolerable pressure’ on A&E patients and staff will continue

 

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/time-to-declare-national-emergency-as-third-world-conditions-cause-trolley-crisis-to-soar-974193.html

Headline: Time to declare national emergency as ‘third-world conditions’ cause trolley crisis to soar

 

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/unlikely-trolley-crisis-will-end-soon-974388.html

Headline: Unlikely trolley crisis will end soon

 

INMO criticises HSE’s ‘deliberate’ slow down in recruitment

Headline: INMO CRITICISES HSE’S ‘DELIBERATE’ SLOW DOWN IN RECRUITMENT

 

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/first-week-of-2020-worst-ever-for-hospital-overcrowding-1.4135852

Headline: First week of 2020 ‘worst ever’ for hospital overcrowding

 

 

Kenya

 

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001355797/nurses-on-go-slow

Headline: 500 nurses on go-slow over salaries

 

Mombasa nurses down tools over unpaid arrears

Headline: Mombasa Nurses Down Tools Over Unpaid Arrears

 

https://www.nation.co.ke/health/Why-Kenya-needs-health-commission/3476990-5412060-buttlk/index.html

Headline: In ‘country of strikes’, Health Service Commission is crucial

 

https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/48414-joho-blamed-county-health-services-stall

Headline: Joho Blamed as County Health Services Stall

 

 

Nepal

 

State-run hospitals short of nurses

Headline: State-run hospitals short of nurses

 

EDITORIAL: Shortage of nurses

Headline: EDITORIAL: Shortage of nurses

 

 

Portugal

 

https://www.dnoticias.pt/pais/sindicato-dos-enfermeiros-portugueses-repudia-agressoes-a-profissionais-e-exige-medidas-NI5648843

Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros Portugueses repudia agressões a profissionais e exige medidas

Headline: Portuguese Nurses Union repudiates aggressions against professionals and demands measures

 

https://www.tsf.pt/portugal/sociedade/sindicato-dos-enfermeiros-convoca-greve-no-algarve-para-este-mes-11687599.html

Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros convoca greve no Algarve para este mês

Headline: Nurses Union calls for a strike in Algarve this month

 

https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/nova-agressao-a-um-profissional-de-saude-em-lisboa_a1196594

Manchete: Nova agressão a um profissional de Saúde em Lisboa

Headline: Recent attack on a health professional in Lisbon

 

 

South Korea

 

http://bogun.nodong.org/xe/KHMU_Info/563294

Headline: Strike for regularization of non-regular job positions, tonsure, and indefinite hunger strike

 

http://bogun.nodong.org/xe/KHMU_Info/563299

Headline: A fired worker has been on the roof for 6 months now, demanding for “reinstatement of fired workers and normalization of trade union”

 

 

Spain

 

Satse denuncia la falta de profesionales de enfermería

Titular: Satse denuncia la falta de profesionales de enfermería

Headline: Satse denounces the lack of nursing professionals

 

https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/cantabria/enfermeria-denuncia-intolerable-20200109184311-nt.html

Titular: Enfermería critica el «intolerable silencio prolongado» de la Gerencia de Atención Primaria

Headline: Nursing criticizes the “intolerable prolonged silence” of Primary Care Management

 

https://www.diariocordoba.com/noticias/cordobaprovincia/satse-solicita-39-profesionales-mas-servicios-sanitarios-sur-cordoba_1346845.html

Titular: Satse solicita 39 profesionales más en los servicios sanitarios del Sur de Córdoba

Headline: Satse requests 39 more professionals in the health services at Southern Córdoba

 

2020, año internacional de las enfermeras y las matronas

Titular: 2020, año internacional de las enfermeras y las matronas

Headline: 2020, international year of nurses and midwives

 

https://www.hoy.es/badajoz/sindicato-enfermeria-pide-20200106001910-ntvo.html

Titular: El sindicato de Enfermería pide acabar con los turnos para cubrir el déficit de personal

Headline: Nursing Union demands an end to the use of shifts to cover the lack of personnel

 

https://www.latribunadealbacete.es/noticia/Z40B2F4DC-C93C-5611-05A38AEC1DCF1839/Un-deficit-de-700-enfermeras

Titular: Un déficit de 700 enfermeras

Headline: A deficit of 700 nurses

 

SATSE Madrid denuncia la reducción de las plantillas de fisioterapeutas

Titular: SATSE Madrid denuncia la reducción de las plantillas de fisioterapeutas

Headline: SATSE Madrid denounces the reduction in the number of physiotherapists

 

 

United Kingdom

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-51026043

Headline: Health strike: RCN nurses in second day’s strike

 

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/thousands-of-nurses-in-northern-ireland-strike-over-pay-1.4133733

Headline: Thousands of nurses in Northern Ireland strike over pay

 

https://www.nursinginpractice.com/professional/northern-ireland-nurses-strike-rcn-pay

Headline: Northern Ireland nurses begin second day of strike action

 

https://www.newsletter.co.uk/health/health-crisis-rcn-in-unprecedented-appeal-for-politicians-to-act-1-9192813

Headline: Health crisis: RCN in ‘unprecedented’ appeal for politicians to act

 

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2020/01/08/striking-nurses-urge-rapid-solution-to-health-service-crisis/

Headline: Striking nurses urge rapid solution to health service crisis

 

https://www.timesandstar.co.uk/news/national/18145756.nurses-warn-burn-out-new-strike-pay-recruitment/

Headline: Nurses warn of burn-out in new strike over pay and recruitment

 

More than 9,000 nurses on strike in Northern Ireland

Headline: More than 9,000 nurses on strike in Northern Ireland

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-51026035

Headline: Health strike: Trust chiefs warn of ‘intense strain’

 

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/striking-health-staff-demand-pay-parity-regardless-of-stormont-deal-38850353.html

Headline: Striking health staff demand pay parity regardless of Stormont deal

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-51056051

Headline: Health strike: NI nurses and other staff take fresh action

 

https://www.nursinginpractice.com/professional/staff-shortages-mental-health-nurses-BMA-report

Headline: Staff shortages leaving mental health nurses ‘near breaking point’, survey finds

 

https://www.derrynow.com/news/news/507264/we-are-doing-it-for-the-right-reasons.html

Headline: ‘We are doing it for the right reasons’

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-51054721

Headline: Health strike: Thousands more appointments cancelled by trusts

 

 

United States

 

https://medium.com/@NNUBonnie/gender-bias-in-california-labor-law-must-end-c8bd29732ae4

Headline: Gender bias in California labor law must end

 

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/human-resources/verity-didn-t-provide-timely-public-notice-of-potential-los-angeles-hospital-closure-rns-allege.html

Headline: Verity didn’t provide timely public notice of potential Los Angeles hospital closure, RNs allege

 

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/providers/verity-proposes-closing-los-angeles-hospital-after-deal-falls-through

Headline: Verity proposes closing Los Angeles hospital after deal falls through

 

Pro-worker measures among pile of unfinished congressional business

Headline: Pro-worker measures among pile of unfinished congressional business

 

SoCal Filipina registered nurse helps bargain first contract with nurses union

Headline: SoCal Filipina registered nurse helps bargain first contract with nurses union

 

These are the Qualities that the Public Values Most in Nurses

Headline: These are the Qualities that the Public Values Most in Nurses

 

https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2020/01/10/nurse-trusted

Headline: For the 18th year in a row, nurses are the most-trusted profession, according to Gallup

 

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-05/first-year-california-governor-gavin-newsom

Headline: Gavin Newsom’s ambitious and uneven first year as California governor

 

https://laist.com/2020/01/10/st-vincent-medical-center-hospital-closing-bankruptcy.php

Headline: One Of LA’s Oldest Hospitals Is Closing

 

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-ehealth/2020/01/08/verity-proposes-la-hospital-closure-784168

Headline: Verity proposes L.A. hospital closure

 

https://www.theeastsiderla.com/news/city_news/nurses-oppose-planned-closure-of-st-vincent-medical-center/article_25a43e54-324e-11ea-9190-b3cc53e7db1b.html

Headline: Nurses oppose planned closure of St. Vincent Medical Center

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