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The McGowan government's in-principle pay agreement with nurses and midwives appears all but sunk, with their union now describing it as insulting.

The Australian Nursing Federation believes its members will accept the McGowan government's latest pay and conditions offer, after coming to an in-principle agreement and calling off planned industrial action.

The WA government applies to the state's industrial umpire to resolve its ongoing dispute over pay and conditions for nurses and midwives.

The Australian Nursing Federation knocks back a WA government offer on pay and conditions, including a proposal for nurse-to-patient ratios, as it weighs up whether to press on with industrial action.

In yet another sign of a struggling WA health system, Perth cancer patient Julia Osborne has been knocked back from receiving her life-saving chemotherapy for more than a week.

Western Australia's premier, Mark McGowan, insists the government won't budge from a public sector wages policy it announced last month but says it will work with the union in relation to nurse-to-patient ratios.

An independent review of the number of nurses in West Australian hospitals finds the present system of rostering does not provide staffing levels to enable safe and quality patient care.

WA nurses will walk off the job next week, angered by the state government's refusal to implement nurse-to-patient ratios, while the Health Minister has not ruled out going to the Industrial Relations Commission to halt the action.

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WA hits an unwanted pandemic record, with the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 in the state reaching a new peak of 329.

The WA Premier says the increasing number of people with COVID-19 who are being admitted to hospital is putting pressure on the health system, as the tally trends towards a record high.