The Department of Public Health this morning issued its findings regarding Southcoast Hospitals Group’s decision to close its maternity unit at Tobey Hospital, a renowned unit that is home to… Read more »
Year: 2019
DPH Deems Tobey Hospital’s Maternity Services “Essential”
Nurses to Testify Tuesday at State House on Bill to Improve Patient Mobility, Limit Injuries to Healthcare Professionals
BOSTON, Mass. – Nurses and advocates will testify on Tuesday at the State House in favor of legislation to require improved patient handling practices in Massachusetts healthcare facilities, helping patients… Read more »
Department of Public Health to Hold October 23 Public Hearing Regarding Planned Closure of Tobey Hospital’s Maternity Unit
The state Department of Public Health will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, October 23 regarding Southcoast Hospitals Group’s proposed closure of the maternity unit at Tobey Hospital — a… Read more »
Tobey and St. Luke’s Hospital Nurses Decry Proposed Closure of Tobey Maternity Services as Harmful to Community Health
Who Will Suffer When Tobey Hospital Closes Its Maternity Unit? Babies, Moms and You, the Community Southcoast Hospitals Group intends to close Tobey Hospital’s maternity unit on Dec…. Read more »
MNA Nurses will March in Downtown Springfield on Thursday to Protest Baystate Health’s Attack on Patient Care Services Across Western MA
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Registered nurses from across the Commonwealth who are gathering for the annual convention of the Massachusetts Nurses Association will march from MGM Springfield to Monarch Place on… Read more »
Save Maternity Services at Tobey Hospital!
Maternity services are again under attack in Southeastern Massachusetts! The decision by Southcoast Hospitals Group to close Tobey Hospital's maternity unit is dangerous and it is wrong, and the Department… Read more »
RNs at Steward Nashoba Valley Medical Center Overwhelmingly Ratify New Three-Year Contract
Lawmakers Hold Sep. 24 Hearing on Bill to Provide Clear Data on Nurse Staffing, Supply of Nurses, Patient Care Quality in Mass. Hospitals and the True Cost to Implement Safe Patient Limits
The MNA Labor School will be sponsoring one-session evening classes in each of the MNA Regions about Medicare for All which has now become a major focus in the public discussion.
This single-session class will address: what is is; what it isn't; will debunk and discredit many of the deliberately misleading stories and myths circulated by the opponents of Medicare for… Read more »
Coalition to Keep Behavioral Health Care Local to Rally on September 23 in Holyoke Against Baystate Health Plan to Close Beds in Greenfield, Palmer and Westfield
HOLYOKE, Mass. – A coalition of nurses, mental health professionals, patients, families, elected officials and other community members who are fighting to preserve local inpatient behavioral health services will hold… Read more »
