ictorian Allied Health Professionals Association (VAHPA) members from Barwon Medical Imaging attended the Annual General Meeting of Barwon Health to highlight the service and staffing cutbacks being pursued by the organisation.
Media Release
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR NEW BARWON HEALTH FACILITY SET TO GATHER DUST World class CT scanner installed but has no staff employed to run it. $33 million desperately needed Barwon North development denied opportunity to get bulk-billing MRI [...]
WE’VE HAD ENOUGH: FURIOUS VICTORIAN HOSPITAL STAFF IN PROTEST FOR FAIR PAY, CONDITIONS
‘CODE BLUE’ INDUSTRIAL CAMPAIGN LAUNCH ON TUESDAY 25 AUGUST PUBLIC HOSPITALS FACING EXODUS OF KEY PROFESSIONAL STAFF SURVEY REVEALS DESPAIR AND ANGER ON THE WARDS HEALTH professionals working in Victorian public hospitals will stage a [...]
Local Community Health Professionals to take strike action
Health Professionals at Banyule Community Health are poised to escalate industrial action next week in protest of what they are calling a crisis in community health. The move follows more than twelve months of unsuccessful negotiations [...]
Community Health Centres affected by pay claims
Ballarat Community Health Centre — Cooinda, Sebastopol, Smythesdale Banyule Community Health Service Bass Coast Community Health Service Bellarine Community Health Bendigo Community Health Services – Eaglehawk, Kangaroo Flat Bentleigh [...]
Medical millionaire proposes real pay cut for staff despite 29% surge in profits
A proposed real pay cut for staff of major x-ray and diagnostics provider Healthcare Imaging Services (HIS) is appalling hypocrisy considering company profits surged 29% in the past year. CEO of parent company Primary Health Care, Dr [...]
Protest over unfair pay at mass meeting of Community Health workers
Pictured above are Community Health members getting the message out to colleagues and management at the mass meeting –  from left, Lisa Magnusson, North Yarra; Carla Sala, Doutta Galla; Mabrooka Singh and Annee Miron, Western [...]
Budget surplus is a slap in the face – Media Release
The announcement of a $316 million budget surplus is a slap in the face for Health Professionals working in Victoria’s Community Health Centres and public hospitals. Craig McGregor, Secretary of the Victorian Health Professionals [...]
Breast cancer patients will lose specialist counselling as a result of St Vincents Hospital redundancies
MEDIA RELEASE Women being screened for breast cancer will no longer receive specialist counselling as a result of a new round of staff redundancies by St Vincent’s Hospital. Three specialist Counsellors who are qualified Social Workers [...]
Alfred Health OT workers win consultation over shock redundancies and service closure
MEDIA RELEASE Following a shock move last week by management of Alfred Health to retrench two Occupational Therapists and close the services they provide, the Health Professionals’ Union has successfully insisted on a consultation [...]