Increased wages and implemented nurse-to-patient ratios are the demands of around 300 nurses and midwives who were on strike this morning outside of Northern Beaches Hospital. A sea of blue could be seen as members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) proudly donned their scrubs on the edge of Warringah Rd, holding signs high and cheering as numerous cars honked in support as they drove by. The industrial action is against private hospital operation Healthscope. The foreign-based organisation operates hospitals all around Australia, with 13 in NSW, including Northern Beaches. Nurses and midwives are demanding a 15 per cent wage increase to match public hospital pay standards and their Healthscope QLD counterparts who are they say being paid 16 per cent more than NSW standards. Nurse-to-patient...