At the annual conference in August 2012, delegates overwhelmingly voted in favour of changing the union's name from the former New South Wales Nurses' Association, a name it had held since its formation in 1931, to the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association.
At the annual conference in August 2012, delegates voted to change the union's name from "New South Wales Nurses' Association" to "New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association."