26 Doing more with less doesn’t cut it when patient care is at stake 26 November 2012: The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) says that extensive discussion between unions and Waikato DHB has failed to reassure nurses and allied health staff that their work is taken seriously by the DHB. The DHB is proposing to cut eight staff at a specialist rehabilitation... [Read the rest of this article...] Posted in: NZNO News, Patient Safety
23 “Making our hospitals safer” report shows areas for improvement and innovation 22 November 2012: The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) welcomes the 2011/12 Serious and Sentinel events report “Making our hospitals safer”. The report contains the serious adverse events that have happened in hospitals over the past year. This year’s report shows that the largest... [Read the rest of this article...] Posted in: NZNO News, Nursing Shortages, Patient Safety