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International Nurse News Round-Up
Australia
- Headline: The path to stronger wages is stronger unions
- Headline: Fears of personal care workers replacing nurses rise as nursing role cuts are announced
- Headline: Nurses threats met with action by health district
- Headline: Health District tight lipped on Compton's departure
- Headline: ‘Keep Shellharbour Hospital public’ petition hits Parliament
- Headline: Elderly lose 1540 hours of fortnightly care in staff cuts
- Headline: Excessive workloads put patients at risk at city hospital
- Headline: Cuts leave aged care staff with blues
- Headline: Cairns Hospital’s long delayed birth centre is finally open to expectant mums
Canada
- Headline: Health cuts may include incontinence pads, blankets, washcloths
- Headline: Charlene Jelinski vying for council seat
- Headline: Brad Wall leaves lasting legacy, but one complicated by recent struggles
Dominican Republic
Guatemala
- Titular: Salubristas vuelven a tomar las calles por varias demandas
Headline: Health workers return to take to the streets by several demands - Titular: Manifestantes bloquean cinco puntos en diferentes carreteras
Headline: Protesters block five areas on different roads
Honduras
- Titular: Piden contratación de unas seis mil enfermeras
Headline: Union demands 6,000 new nurses be hired - Titular: Exigen a la Secretaría de Salud la contratación de unas seis mil enfermeras
Headline: They demand from the Ministry of Health the hiring of about six thousand nurses - Titular: Más de 300 enfermeras hondureñas serán formadas en gestión del riesgo
Headline: More than 300 Honduran nurses will be trained in risk management
Ireland
- Headline: Nurses highlight 'alarming' numbers of patients on trolleys for first 7 months of 2017
- Headline: New figures reveal record hospital overcrowding in 2017
- Headline: Thousands Of Over 75s Experienced Long Waits In EDs
- Headline: Almost 6,000 over-75s forced to wait in hospitals for 24 hours
- Headline: Almost 60,000 people left on hospital trolleys so far this year
- Headline: NURSING HOME BEDS LIE EMPTY AS UHG CREAKS UNDER PRESSURE
- Headline: ALMOST 3700 PATIENTS WAITED ON TROLLEYS AT UHG THIS YEAR AS CRISIS DEEPENS
Kenya
- Headline: Seven trade unions abandon 'failed Jubilee', sign deal to back Raila
- Headline: Nurses vow to continue with strike
- Headline: Governors’ focus on vote hunt to blame for strike, say nurses
- Headline: We will work with whoever wins election, all we want is our cash – Nurses’ union
New Zealand
- Headline: Protest march against proposed West Coast hospital to go ahead
- Headline: 'Hands off our DHB' protest calls for better health funding in Canterbury
- Headline: Leaked emails: Safety fears revealed at Tauranga mental health unit
Paraguay
Peru
- Titular: Enfermeras de Minsa protestan en el frontis del hospital Dos de Mayo
Headline: Minsa nurses protest at the front of Dos de Mayo hospital - Titular: La Federación de Enfermeras del Minsa acata huelga indefinida
Headline: The Federation of Nurses of the Minsa begins indefinite strike - Titular: FEDERACIÓN DE ENFERMERAS DEL MINSA SE SUMA A HUELGA INDEFINIDA
Headline: FEDERATION OF NURSES OF THE MINSA JOINS INDEFINITE STRIKE - Titular: Minsa: enfermeras acatan huelga indefinida desde este lunes
Headline: Minsa: nurses abide by indefinite strike since Monday - Titular: Gremio de enfermeras del Minsa inició huelga indefinida
Headline: Minsa nurses' union initiated indefinite strike - Titular: Enfermeras se suman a la huelga indefinida de los médicos
Headline: Nurses join the doctors' indefinite strike - Titular: Enfermeros del Minsa divididos: un sector no acatará huelga de este lunes
Headline: Minsa nurses divided: one sector will not take strike this Monday - Titular: Enfermeros del Ministerio de Salud no acatarán huelga este lunes
Headline: Nurses from the Ministry of Health will not strike Monday
Portugal
Portugal
- Manchete: Reunião entre Sindicato dos Enfermeiros da Madeira e SESARAM deixa tudo no mesmo sítio
Headline: Meeting between the Union of Nurses of Madeira and SESARAM puts everything on the table - Manchete: Governo e enfermeiros discutem carreira
Headline: Government and nurses discuss career - Manchete: SEP promove Plenário em Beja
Headline: SEP hosts Plenary in Beja
South Korea
- Headline: Struggling healthcare workers join labor unions in droves
- Headline: Medical community slams Moon’s healthcare policy
Spain
- Titular: Nuevo “caos” en Urgencias con 24 personas esperando para ser ingresadas
Headline: New "chaos" in ER with 24 people waiting to be admitted - Titular: SATSE denuncia el "caos" en urgencias por "masificación y falta de personal"
Headline: SATSE denounces the "chaos" in emergencies for "overcrowding and lack of staff" - Titular: Satse reclama para los hospitales de la provincia 30 matronas y 32 fisioterapeutas
Headline: Satse demands province hospitals hire 30 midwives and 32 physiotherapists - Titular: Satse pide más infraestructuras sanitarias para Córdoba
Headline: Satse calls for more sanitary infrastructures for Córdoba - Titular: Satse considera "insuficientes" las 151 plazas de formación de enfermeros especialistas ofertadas en Andalucía
Headline: Satse considers the 151 training places of specialist nurses offered in Andalusia "insufficient" - Titular: SATSE denuncia las "dificultades" a las que se enfrenta el personal del servicio de hospitalización a domicilio en Navarra
Headline: SATSE denounces the "difficulties" faced by the staff of the home care service in Navarra - Titular: Satse exige que se refuerce el equipo de urgencias de Villacarrillo
Headline: Satse demands reinforcement of the emergency team of Villacarrillo - Titular: Satse cuantifica en 1.500 el número de enfermeros que hacen falta en Balears
Headline: Satse counts a lack of 1,500 nurses in Balears - Titular: Satse exige a la Junta que actúe para paliar los problemas que afectan a la Sanidad
Headline: Satse demands that the Board act to alleviate the problems that affect health - Titular: Satse denuncia una deuda con la Seguridad Social del SAS
Headline: Satse denounces debt with SAS Social Security - Titular: SATSE: las sustituciones de enfermeros, «insuficiente»
Headline: SATSE: nursing substitutes, 'insufficient'
United Kingdom
- Headline: SWAH nurses step up pay campaign
- Headline: NHS 'could go under' if EU staff are not assured job security post-Brexit
- Headline: Brexit staff exodus 'could plunge the NHS into crisis'
- Headline: Nurses urge public support for pay cap campaign
- Headline: Nurses throughout South West continue Summer of Protest against NHS pay cap as those in profession say they "are working themselves into the ground"
United States
- Headline: We Still Have A Lot of Work To Do On Healthcare
- Headline: Liberals Strike Back... Against Single Payer
- Headline: 100+ protest outside Mayo corporate headquarters over Albert Lea Hospital consolidation
- Headline: The barrier to single-payer isn’t cost, it’s politics
- Headline: Health care ‘access’ is a right
- Headline: Affinity nurses treated after exposure to unknown substance
- Headline: Millinocket Regional Hospital nurses vote to authorize one-day strike
- Headline: Millinocket Nurses Vote To Strike
- Headline: Millinocket hospital nurses threaten 1-day strike
- Headline: Millinocket nursing shortfall could result in one-day strike
- Headline: AFL-CIO backs Medicare for All
- Headline: Why the left is betting on single-payer as their litmus test
- Headline: Nurses: Paul Krugman Offers 'Shallow Political Advice' When It Comes to Health Care
- Headline: 'Make Your Stand': Medicare for All Supporters Ready to Hold Dems to Account
- Headline: Sanders 'litmus test' alarms Democrats
- Headline: About 150 march in Rochester as Albert Lea hospital transition unfolds
- Headline: 'We're going to fight for it'
- Headline: California speaker recall effort reflects Democratic tension
- Headline: California’s Ambitious Single-Payer Plan Isn’t Dead — Yet
- Headline: Disgruntled Union Nurses at Palomar Medical Centers Say ‘Safe Patient Care’ Compromised
- Headline: Your Opinion: Single-payer health care the way to go
- Headline: California Assembly Speaker Faces Recall After Sidelining Single-Payer Bill