From the Secretary

ACT Pathology: Changes to Covid testing

ACT Pathology is proposing changes to Covid PCR testing from 1 July 2023. The proposed plan is for the return to a ‘business…

From the Secretary

Taking a mandatory RAT is work: Huntingdon Gardens Aged Care

It has come to the Union’s attention that management is directing staff to come to work early for a rapid antigen test (RAT) without pay and…

From the Secretary

RATs at Hugh Cunningham Gardens

Recently, the Health Services Union was informed by members that employees were being required to take Rapid Antigen Tests before their shift hours and weren’t being…

From the Secretary

NSW Government mandates 3rd dose for aged care & disability support workers

The NSW Government has now mandated that aged care and disability support workers are required to have three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine by 12 April…

From the Secretary

If you're sick, you're sick!

The Health Services Union has received reports of SNP workers being directed to attend work after recovering from COVID but still feeling unwell, or while sick…

From the Secretary

St George Aged Care: HSU members protect sick leave rights

The Health Services Union has received reports that St George Aged Care management have refused sick leave applications for staff who have caught COVID. Staff have…

From the Secretary

Public Health: What is happening on the front line?

The HSU is concerned about the crisis currently taking place in public health due to understaffing and the lack of resources. The current…

From the Secretary

Canberra Health Services: Updated Leave Entitlements During COVID

The HSU has received correspondence from Canberra Health Services regarding changes to leave entitlements for workers during COVID. You can view the correspondence…

From the Secretary

SWSLHD: COVID-19 Redeployment and Draft COVID Model of Care

The HSU has received correspondence from South Western Sydney Local Health District regarding redeployment of staff to priority roles at Liverpool, Bankstown, Campbelltown and Fairfield Hospitals.…

From the Secretary

St Vincent's Hospital Sydney: Return to Work process for COVID positive workers

The HSU has received correspondence from St Vincent’s Health Australia regarding a changes to the Return to Work process for COVID positive workers. You can view…

From the Secretary

Ramsay Health Illawarra Region: Consolidation of Services

The HSU has received correspondence from Ramsay Health Care regarding a consolidation of services during COVID-19. We have been advised that the facilities significantly affected are…

Unified Magazine: Summer 2021

Against All Odds

The last 18 months have been a rollercoaster ride for health workers, with wave upon wave of COVID-19 forcing lockdowns and swamping hospitals. It’s been a…