Photos: NSW nurses and midwives strike for safe patient ratios

New South Wales nurses and midwives took strike action, for the third time this year, on September 1 for mandated safe nurse-to-patient ratios, better pay and conditions.

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Westmead Hospital in Sydney's west. Photo: Susan Price
Westmead Hospital in Sydney's west. Photo: Susan Price
Westmead Hospital in Sydney's west. Photo: Susan Price
Liverpool Hospital in Sydney's west. Photo: Paula Sanchez
Liverpool Hospital in Sydney's west. Photo: Paula Sanchez
Liverpool Hospital in Sydney's west. Photo: Paula Sanchez
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Camperdown. Photo: Peter Boyle
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Photo: Peter Boyle
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Photo: Peter Boyle
Newtown MP Jenny Leong at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Photo: Peter Boyle
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Photo: David Killingly
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Photo: David Killingly
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Photo: David Killingly
Nurses marching in Newcastle. Photo: Steve O'Brien
Newcastle nurses. Photo: Steve O'Brien