NSW nurses to vote on pay claim

NSW nurses and midwives are preparing to vote on a proposed pay rise and staff ratios claim.

The claim includes applying compulsory minimum ratios in all hospitals, including smaller and multipurpose services.

It would equate to six nursing hours per patient per day.

Other proposals include introducing minimum ratios for children's hospitals and emergency departments, as well as introducing mandated face-to-face patient time in community nursing.

Nurses will also vote on a 2.5 per cent annual pay rise, which will provide the majority of full-time workers with a pay rise of more than $3800 per year by July 2014.

More than 33,000 public-sector nurses and midwives with the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association are eligible to vote on Monday.

The current award, finalised in February 2011 under an agreement with the former Labor government, includes compulsory minimum nursing ratios for most wards in acute hospitals.

"The O'Farrell government must now build on those levels and ensure every public patient in NSW has access to the same level of care, NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) general secretary Brett Holmes said.

"Many people would be surprised and shocked to know that minimum staffing levels are currently not guaranteed in NSW hospitals for seriously ill infants and children," he said.

Mr Holmes said the state government had been willing to claim credit for the employment of extra nursing positions, even though the placements were created under an agreement with the former Labor government.

"It will be interesting to see how it reacts, now that it has a chance to act on its own right and extend this reform into other important areas such as children's wards and rural facilities," he said.

NSWNMA branches must vote by 4pm (AEDT) on Friday March 1.

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