New Nurses for St George Hospital

Hansard ID: HANSARD-1323879322-120805

Hansard session: Fifty-Seventh Parliament, First Session (57-1)

New Nurses for St George Hospital

Mr MARK COURE (Oatley)

—Speaker, I rise to acknowledge St George Hospital for receiving a total of 95 new graduate nurses and midwives. This is made up of 60 which started in February and a further 35 which started in April this year. These graduate nurses and midwives join more than 2500 graduates who are commencing work across 130 public hospitals in NSW. Given the difficult past 18 months that we have had, it is exciting to see that we have the next generation of eager new staff ready for action. I had the privilege of meeting with these new frontline staff and it was encouraging to see how eager and excited they were for the work ahead. I also want to thank the Member for Rockdale, Steve Kamper and the Member for Kogarah, Chris Minns, for joining me on the day. I recognise that St George Hospital is also important for your local communities and it was great to see your enthusiasm and excitement as well. Congratulations again to all of these new nurses and midwives for being a part of the team at St George Hospital.