HPAE DELEGATES HELP SET AFT’S NATIONAL AGENDA
Forty-three HPAE delegates representing locals across New Jersey and Philadelphia joined nearly 2,500 delegates from throughout the country at the AFT’s 89th Convention...
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Hackensack Meridian plans Hunterdon Health acquisition
Hackensack Meridian Health is heading to Hunterdon County with its planned acquisition of Hunterdon Health. The partners jointly announced June 22 signing a letter of intent toward a partnership between the two New Jersey healthcare systems.
Nurses, Virtua Mount Holly Hospital reach deal, ending strike threat
Nurses at Virtua Mount Holly have reached an agreement with the hospital, ending the threat of a strike.
Nurses vote to strike at NJ rehab facility for better patient ratios
About 70 nurses are threatening to go on strike at a large North Jersey rehabilitation center and nursing home in a move to force management to provide better staff-to-patient ratios, union leaders said on Tuesday, May 19.
One of N.J.’s last independent hospitals to join major health chain, 3 years after failed merger with rival
The deal still needs approval from state and federal entities before the transaction is considered final. Officials said the proposed partnership would expand health care for residents in Bergen, Hudson and Passaic counties.
HRH cancels NJDOH’s Heights hospital hearing with last-minute court injunction
The defendants, State of New Jersey, the NJDOH, and Acting Health Commissioner Raynard Washington, must file a written response to the order to show cause by May 14th, which the plaintiff, HUH, can oppose written opposition to by May 19th.
Nearly 200 N.J. health care workers vote to unionize, citing unrealistic workloads
Taken from NJ.com By Jackie Roman | NJ.com | Mar. 24, 2026 Nearly 200 employees who work at Inspira Health and Samaritan Healthcare and Hospice voted to unionize earlier this month, according to labor officials. The workers cited increasing workloads and
‘We want Mikie Sherrill to save our hospital.’ N.J. community’s final rallying cry for health care.
After more than a century in operation, the ER faces the same fate as the hospital itself, which filed a Certificate of Need for Closure in November 2025 in the face of what owners described as multi-million dollar losses.
Jersey City is losing 1 of its 2 emergency rooms. Where will patients in crisis go?
Jersey City is less than two weeks away from losing one of its two emergency rooms, leaving hospitals around Hudson County bracing for increased demand.
Updated: Emergency Department at Heights Hospital to Close Saturday Night
The union that represents nurses at Heights University Hospital has been told that the emergency department — the hospital’s last remaining department — will close by Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Statement of Debbie White, RN, President NJ Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee Thursday, February 12, 2026 In Support of A.4070, the “Privacy Protection Act”
This legislation is necessary as we are witnessing federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ... who have demonstrated a troubling pattern of violence, harassment, intimidation and unlawful detention of across the country.
One of N.J.’s last independent hospitals to join major health chain, 3 years after failed merger with rival
The deal still needs approval from state and federal entities before the transaction is considered final.