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Nurses leaving due to lack of beds in hospitals
In summary, the funding injection features:
HEALTH FUNDING DEAL
- $64.4b over five years
- $1.1b training doctors and nurses
- $750m emergency departments
- $450m preventative health
>> Massive hospital funding criticised by AMA
One nurse tells Sunrise the AMA is right to complain at the lack of beds."If they had announced new beds that would mean continuous funding."
"A
lump sum generally will mean money for a mattress and the steel frame
and there's no point in having a bed if there is no one to take care of
you in a bed," says Karen, a Queensland nurse.
At Karen's own workplace, a hospital in Brisbane, she has witnessed staff quit their jobs in frustration at the lack of resources.
At Karen's own workplace, a hospital in Brisbane, she has witnessed staff quit their jobs in frustration at the lack of resources.
"There have been times when we've had no staff - due to high attrition - to look after beds. So we've closed beds."
"People in 'Bed management' then
say to surgery, well, you can only do that if you reject nurses' requests for holidays - which causes nurses to
leave when their conditions by management who are desperately trying to
open beds."
Karen also tells Sunrise that the shortage in the wards starts at the registar level and the stress trickles down to nurses.
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Karen also tells Sunrise that the shortage in the wards starts at the registar level and the stress trickles down to nurses.
"We need more senior registrars to do the training of younger
doctors. We have enough young doctors but they just don't know what
they are doing yet!"
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meltz_chantelle
- Dec 01 07:21am
The Australian Government cannot properly manage their own hospitals, yet Minister Debus is currently making a push to come to Norfolk Island and 'improve' our hospital facilities. What other self-governed territory has a Pathology department, maternity ward on site, an ultrasound machine etc?
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mickomega
- Dec 02 07:01am
It is becoming more apparent that everything in life, from thoughts to thunder will ultimately follow the path of least resistance. The health system is not immune from falling into a rut.
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