WA’s three peak health sector unions have welcomed an audit of the Infant Child and Adolescent Taskforce, critiquing failures by the Mental Health Commission to implement reforms that would protect vulnerable children and their families.
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This week is the last chance to sign the petition to Protect Allied Health Care at Joondalup Health Campus, before it is tabled in WA State Parliament. Members are campaigning to challenge cuts to Allied Health teams at Joondalup Health Campus. Last week, the State Government announced the opening of 60 new public beds at Joondalup, but the reduction in staffing is leaving AHPs stretched too thin and concerned for…
Focus on Optometry is our new national campaign giving optometrists a clear, collective platform to push for recognition and respect across the profession. Corporate ownership has reshaped optometry into a business model that puts sales targets ahead of patient care. Optometrists across Australia are being systemically undervalued and not treated as the highly trained health professionals they are. Optometrists…
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…
It’s time to prioritise your future and VOTE! The vote for Allied Health Professionals working in public health is NOW OPEN and will close at 5pm on Friday, 5 June 2026. All Allied Health Professionals working in public health are asked to take part in an important vote to choose one of two options for career pathways….
The Health Services Union of WA (HSUWA) calls on the State Government to act urgently to better protect health workers after the release of the figures regarding physical violence and aggression from the Department of Health this week. Sadly, these alarming figures of an average of 12 incidents a day in 2025 are not surprising…
Recently, HSUWA Members joined together with ANMF WA Members and petitioned the State Government of WA to recognise existing service and preserve entitlements from working at Mt Lawley Hospital, should they transition to employment by East Metropolitan Health Service upon the hospital’s return to public hands. Today, the Health Minister wrote to HSUWA to confirm that if appointed to EMHS, employees will receive: Thanks to…
HSUWA Members are invited to join UnionsWA and the WA Union Movement at the 2026 May Day Festival in Fremantle. It’s a free and fun event to meet fellow unionists and show our union colours in a march through the streets of Freo. This year we’ll all celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the Pilbara Strikes…
HSUWA will host a series of paid union meetings in April and May for Allied Health Professionals working in public health. Register for your preferred meeting below to receive reminders.
It is a pleasure to announce that current union Vice-President Craig Russell (Senior Clinical Psychologist) has been appointed by the HSUWA Committee of Management to step into the role of union President until the end of the current term (given Cheryl Hamill’s retirement). Craig has been an HSUWA Member for almost 27 years, serving the past six years as part of the union’s Committee…
We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude and farewell to HSUWA’s outgoing President, Cheryl Hamill. Cheryl has played a longstanding and prominent role in our union. Cheryl joined HSUWA as a member in 1985. She has been a Committee of Management member for 24 years and President for nearly 20 years. She has been…
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The Health Services Union welcomes today’s announcement by the State Government of a Winter Surge Plan to improve the management of winter hospital demand. The Winter Surge Plan announcement includes a range of different initiatives, that in combination, could make a real difference, which is positive news. Our public health system is already operating over…
Show us we are valued: protect our entitlements! Congratulations to all Health Workers at Mt Lawley Hospital who have signed the petition to ask the State Government to recognise their continuity of service and transfer their personal leave entitlements, should they remain at the facility when it returns to public hands. HSUWA Members worked alongside…
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