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…
HSUWA Members campaigned and won back pay to January 2025 for health workers covered under the new Union Agreement with Ramsay Health Care. The company confirmed that back pay (applying a 5% pay increase) had been processed last week, so we encourage Members to check your payslips. The next Member won 4% pay rise under the new…
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…
Congratulations to your two Delegates of the Year, Clare Heron, Pharmacy Technician at Bentley Health Campus and Penny Griffith, Patient Liaison Officer at Joondalup Health Campus. Members voted for these Delegates because of their exemplary commitment to the union and selfless support to their colleagues. Clare’s colleagues at Bentley said:“She puts in her all in everything she…
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…
The Health Services Union welcomes today’s announcement by the State Government of a major reinvestment in public hospitals, including: This commitment to deliver more capacity to our public health system, to respond to the needs of Western Australians, is a positive step forward. In the short term, the acquisition of St John of God Hospital…
After standing together and committing to take action, Members working at Bentley Family Clinic (part of CAMHS) achieved a commitment directly from the Minister for Health and Mental Health, Meredith Hammat, that the clinic will reopen in the Bentley catchment area. The clinic closed in late September due to its current location becoming unavailable. Despite two years’ notice that the clinic…
HSUWA will host paid union meetings at Ramsay Health Care workplaces to discuss the Agreement Offer that will soon be put out to vote.
October 1, 2025 WA’s health workforce has united to say “never again” to the ramping crisis that is occurring this year, and are putting forward a positive five-point plan to tackle the underlying causes of ramping. Doctors, nurses and midwives, allied health professionals, health support staff and ambulance workers carried on under incredible pressure while…
One of the improvements agreed to in the Union Agreement 2024 for public sector health workers was to ensure all personal leave was cumulative year to year. This means Members will have 15.2 hours of personal leave per year become cumulative and accrue year to year. Your union has been advised that HSS will implement the conversion to personal leave balances for Members under…
After almost six months of delay by their employer, Members working across Ramsay Health Care facilities are advocating for their employer to finalise their Union Agreement and process their backpay. This week, Members emailed CEO, Natalie Davis, calling for her intervention to finalise the process and pay Members what they are owed. Shortly after emails…
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