Nurses at Belmont Hospital and the Mental Health Centre at Waratah strike for 24 hours to reject NSW government pay offer and safe patient ratios

Anita Beaumont
Updated June 2 2021 - 9:45pm, first published 4:00pm
Yes: Belmont nurses voted "yes" to strike for 24 hours to protest pay offer.
Yes: Belmont nurses voted "yes" to strike for 24 hours to protest pay offer.

NURSES at Belmont Hospital and the Mental Health Centre at Waratah have voted to walk out "en masse" for 24 hours to protest what they say is unsafe staffing levels and a breach of their wage agreement with the NSW government.

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Anita Beaumont

Anita Beaumont

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Anita Beaumont is a health and general news reporter at the Newcastle Herald.

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