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2004
December 17, 2004
BCNU and HEU question value of health authority audit
Health Care unions say an audit released yesterday by the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority is of questionable value. And the unions are again calling for the BC Auditor General to step in and oversee an independent auditing process for all privatized cleaning contracts in BC hospitals. More...
December 13, 2004
Auditor General urged to audit hospital cleaning in four health authorities
New cleaning concerns emerge at Burnaby and Eagle Ridge hospitals. More...
December 9, 2004
Nurses deplore new private Island surgery scheme
The Vancouver Island Health Authority should be serving patients in the unused and underused operating rooms in its own public hospitals, instead of sending patients for surgery in for-profit private clinics. More...
November 26, 2004
New cleaning concerns: investigation reveals widespread problems with housekeeping at St. Paul's Hospital
Unsanitary conditions, inadequate infection control training underscore need for
independent audit. More...
November 3, 2004
St. Paul’s ORs: Nurses demand outside investigation
They say nurses taking specialty education to work in operating rooms should not be required to take a huge pay cut. More...
October 20, 2004
New report advises looking at alternatives to costly P3s
A new report released today entitled Financing Canada’s Hospitals: Public Alternatives to P3s argues that P3s are an expensive way to finance public infrastructure. More...
October 15, 2004
Emergency nurses want Campbell to address ER crisis with health ministers
Newly-formed provincial ER nursing task force says government survey on "patient satisfaction" obscures key problems in emergency room care across BC. More...
October 5, 2004
BC children forced to wait needlessly for surgeries while four ORs sit idle at Children’s Hospital
BC Health Coalition wants to know why government plans to contract out surgeries to private facilities, after closing ORs at Mt. St. Joseph’s and refusing to open idle ORs at BC Children’s Hospital. More...
October 1, 2004
Nurses vote to accept new contract
87.5 per cent in favour of terms of settlement.
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September 29, 2004
BCNU thanks nurses for helping to pull derogatory TV ad
Z95.3 agrees to stop airing commercial that denigrates nurses. More...
September 16, 2004
Use health pact to re-open public operating rooms, nurses say
Extra funding should end schemes to funnel public dollars into private surgery clinics. Agreement could restore public confidence in medicare. More...
September 12, 2004
Premier invites nurses for meeting to discuss ways to make private clinics "redundant"
The offer came in a face-to-face discussion Friday about plans by the provincial premiers for this week’s First Ministers’ conference on the future of Canada’s public medicare. More...
September 9, 2004
A public health system spells accountability
It's not surprising Mark Milke would take the opportunity in last week's column to applaud the campaign to turn our public- health-care system into a business opportunity for entrepreneurs and multinational corporations. More...
August 10, 2004
BC’s nurses support call for halt to sell off of British Columbians personal health information
Risk to privacy demands government engage the public in further discussion.
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July 22, 2004
Nurses welcome Dosanjh appointment
The BC Nurses’ Union welcomes the appointment of Ujjal Dosanjh as Canada’s new Minister of Health. More...
July 14, 2004
Transfer Licensed Practical Nurses into the Nurses’ Bargaining Association, BCNU and LPN Association ask provincial government
The change would help ensure that patients get the nursing care they need. Issues concerning changing roles for LPNs, RNs and RPNs could be discussed and resolved collaboratively under the same nursing umbrella. More...
July 14, 2004
Speakers Notes
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July 9, 2004
BCNU donates $5,000 to help HEU pay job action fine
BCNU has donated $5,000 to the Hospital Employees’ Union to assist the HEU in paying the fine it was assessed as a result of its recent job action. More...
July 5, 2004
Health unions' constitutions challenge bound for Supreme Court of Canada
Unions representing nearly 100,000 health care workers say their constitutional challenge to the
Campbell Liberal government’s contract-breaking legislation is headed to the Supreme Court of Canada. More...
June 24, 2004
"We can’t afford to wait any longer" - nurses from across the province speak out about the worsening emergency room crisis
Nurses across the province are disappointed that the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) and the provincial government are not doing more to ensure that the health authorities take immediate and effective action to deal with increased wait times, gridlock and service cuts in emergency rooms. More...
June 10, 2004
Dialysis defect puts cloud over health authority contract
Preferential deal was given to the maker of machines now linked to possible patient contamination with HIV, Hepatitis B and C. More...
June 9, 2004
Nurses insist federal politicians clearly commit to public health care for all Canadians
Political parties were called to task on their health care policies today at the convention of BC’s 26,000 unionized nurses. More...
May 26, 2004
Framework Agreement means no health care disruptions during nurses’ bargaining
Employers agree not to seek rollbacks in nurses’ wage rates, benefits and time off provisions. A high level policy forum will seek agreement on nurses’ professional concerns before bargaining resumes in July. More...
May 10, 2004
Commentary for National Nursing Week
The annual commemoration of National Nursing Week is an opportunity to celebrate the uncompromising dedication of Registered Nurses and Registered Psychiatric Nurses to quality patient care. More...
April 30, 2004
Union responds to walkouts by nurses
In light of reports that nurses are walking off the job at various locations across the province, the BC Nurses’ Union wants to clarify some media accounts. More...
April 30, 2004
Nurses to the provincial government: An appeal for justice for health care support workers
RNs urge Victoria to guarantee job security and drop the retroactivity clause for workers facing huge wage rollbacks under back-to-work law. More...
April 29, 2004
Nurses condemn government for back-to-work legislation, union advises members to return to work
The BC Nurses’ Union condemns the provincial government for legislating health care support workers back to work. More...
April 26, 2004
Job action & waiting lists
Debra McPherson responds.
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April 24, 2004
Nurses support fight by HEU for a fair, negotiated contract
The BC Nurses’ Union fully supports the fight of health care support workers for a fair, negotiated contract. More...
April 23, 2004
Release of health care data: Nurses pleased with Labour Relations Board decision
In a significant victory for the BC Nurses’ Union, the Labour Relations Board has commended the union for insisting that health employers release provide crucial information on the nursing workforce to facilitate the process of bargaining for a new collective agreement. More...
April 21, 2004
Nurses release ideas for bargaining better patient care
BC’s health authorities should use recommendations from the Canadian Nursing Advisory Committee to ensure nurses can provide safe, quality care. More...
April 6, 2004
Minister mistaken, nurses say
The number of full-time nursing positions has declined sharply in recent years, not increased as Colin Hansen claimed. The error highlights the need for health authorities to share key workforce data. More...
March 15, 2004
Nurses keep heat on the IHA to ensure quality care
Registered nurses will be travelling to Trail from around the Kootenays and across the Interior Health region tomorrow, to keep the pressure on the Interior Health Authority as their Board meets this Wednesday, March 17th. More...
February 24, 2004
No private hospitals in Canada's health care system - citizens' watchdog group to premiers
Abbotsford P3 hospital only one of many private health facilities being
planned across the country, says BC Health Coalition. More...
February 19, 2004
Nurses welcome Minister’s remarks about their benefits
Gary Collins tells radio audience "We think that’s great", referring to the level of benefits in the nurses’ contract. More...
February 17, 2004
Provincial budget turns a blind eye to patient care
Increase of $28 million for health care falls far short of what’s needed just to cover inflation and population growth, signalling more severe cuts to health care services, not an increase as the Minister claims. More...
February 13, 2004
Nurses issue Patient's Bill of Rights
RNs propose specific, far-reaching improvements in services and quality of care that patients receive under our publicly-funded health care system. More...
January 28, 2004
Nurses to Hansen: sit down with doctors and develop solutions so people of Nanaimo can receive the care they need
Instability at Nanaimo ER – long operating over-capacity – must end. More...
January 27, 2004
Debra McPherson re-elected nurses’ union president
The new BCNU vice-president will be Anne Shannon of Campbell River, currently chair of the union’s Pacific Rim Region. More...
January 16, 2004
Registered nurses from across the Interior Health Authority will launch a public appeal to preserve seniors' care
Safe staffing levels, adequate community support, access to public facilities and strong regulatory controls; key demands of "Appeal for Quality Care for Seniors". More...
January 15, 2004
Patient in closet is just the latest health horror story
As officials scramble to convert lounges, dining rooms into wards, the provincial government should come clean on how many hospital beds it has cut to meet its budget goals. More...
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