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Throughout 2025, the HSUWA Committee of Management have been actively considering how best to deliver key outcomes for members. Public healthcare is best delivered by securely employed and fairly paid state government employees. But this is not what is occurring in Western Australia right now, with private commercial interests involved at every level of our public healthcare system. For example, Serco are still engaged at Fiona Stanley…
HPSS Award Decision for Allied Health Professionals – private sector
This week, after additional months of union advocacy at the Fair Work Commission (FWC), the FWC published the long-awaited Final Determination for the Health Professionals and Support Services (HPSS) Award for Allied Health Professionals, undertaken as part of the Priority Award Review. This decision settles a number of issues that were considered following earlier interim…
Union Win! SCGH Radiation Therapists Secure Safe Staffing Through Workbans
Members working as Radiation Therapists at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital have secured 11.4 additional FTE to manage workloads and provide more timely cancer treatment to patients. Over 12 months, Members worked together and: The action taken by Members brought management of Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to the table, and an additional 1.5 FTE was achieved for leave relief, resulting in the…
Speech Movement and Acoustic Analysis Tracking (SMAAT) Finalist Team
SMAAT Team Developing Speech Analysis Tool with Massive Potential Every clinician aims to ensure they deliver the right intervention at the right time. A new tool being developed by a team at Curtin University will boost the capacity of Speech Pathologists to do just that. The SMAAT Team has developed applications that will enable Speech Paths…
Historic Pay Rises for Private Pathology Collectors
Thanks to the committed advocacy of union members, including HSUWA Members, Pathology Collectors working for private employers across Australia are set to receive historic pay increases to the minimum wages set out under the Health Professionals and Support Services Award. Employers failed in their attempt to block the change by the Fair Work Commission, so…
Consultation Round 2 – Independent Review: Career Pathways for Health Professionals
HSUWA Members won an Independent Review of career pathways for health professionals in 2022. AHP Workforce, who are conducting the review, will commence the second round of consultation with the WA Health workforce in March 2024. There are a number of ways to provide your feedback as part of the round two consultation. AHP workforce…
