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Sunrise Hospital SOS

Feb 28 09:22am

Four years ago on this very show, we interviewed every Australian health minister. Their solutions have not come to fruition.

Kevin Rudd has now set up a taskforce to look at the same thing we talked about four years ago.

We already know the problems. We want the solutions.


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 Date: 
Feb 27 08:02am
 From:
janetruscott

I have worked overseas in a dozen hospitals in two countries and am appalled at the state of the health care in my own country!

There are solutions to this problem and Nurses have the answers! We need to be LISTENED too, for the sake of our patients and our own sanity !


 1. blame shifting
 2. bed shortages
 3. resources
 4. private vs. public
 5. the most dire needs

>> Govt. outlines reform commission
>> Dept. Health and Ageing

Health and Hospital Reform Commission: 1800 017 533
hhrc@health.gov.au




 

  Over 80 comments now reveal that nursing shortages affect nurses on an hourly basis, limiting their effectiveness and adding to stress. 

Trivial matters such as staff parking shortages and lazy managers are typical time-wasters.

Most disturbing are the tales stillborn babies after repeated attempts at getting hospitals to pay attention to distressed mums to be.


115 Comments Report Abuse
11. mightiymidget - Feb 27 07:52am
Queensland Health should start by treating its staff with respect and not forcing them into private hospital system.I am an employee of Princess Alexandra Hospital Brisbane and the staff moral there is appauling .VERY VERY top heavy Management always first
12. mldfcb69 - Feb 27 07:55am
I invite you to come to Mackay to see the standard
of our public hospital. You need to see it for yourself words cannot explain how bad it is.Its not about more money for nurses, improve the work enviroment to help nurses want to come to work.Local dump here has better equipped newer facilities.
13. quosk444 - Feb 27 08:02am
Wish to remain unknown.
I am a registered casual nurse for Melbourne Health.
1. casual bank has five managers with no service improvement.
2. failure to provide compulsory training
3. failure to contact you when you have made contact ie fax
4. excessive wastage of time on unnecessay paperwork
14. quosk444 - Feb 27 08:02am
Wish to remain unknown.
I am a registered casual nurse for Melbourne Health.
1. casual bank has five managers with no service improvement.
2. failure to provide compulsory training
3. failure to contact you when you have made contact ie fax
4. excessive wastage of time on unnecessay paperwork
15. janetruscott - Feb 27 08:02am
I have worked overseas in a dozen hospitals in two countries and am appalled at the state of the health care in my own country! There are solutions to this problem and Nurses have the answers! We need to be LISTENED too, for the sake of our patients and our own sanity !
16. sonja_agius - Feb 27 08:05am
The system has been like it is for to long.In 2005 our daughter was admitted to Royal North Shore but only after nearly 4 hours waiting in casualty even though she was allready booked in as a patient by her dr in Wollongong.Then there was delay after delay in getting treatments done.
17. sonja_agius - Feb 27 08:07am
The system has been like it is for to long.In 2005 our daughter was admitted to Royal North Shore but only after nearly 4 hours waiting in casualty even though she was allready booked in as a patient by her dr in Wollongong.Then there was delay after delay in getting treatments done.
18. kerryw2108 - Feb 27 08:17am
There is being less done to encourage people to have private insurance and take responsiblity for there own health. The average person struggle to pay a health fund as well as paying Medicare Levy with their taxes and still have to go public as they can not afford to pay the gap. Kerry
19. dianeh87 - Feb 27 08:17am
The elderly are treated poorly in many of the public hospitals. The nurses are too busy. Many horror stories have occurred. To help the nurses, aged care workers could be employed in special wards, leaving the nurses free to nurse, not provide aged care services.
20. dianeh87 - Feb 27 08:19am
Further, other non nursing roles could be created to relieve the nurses, such as ward admin and the re-instatement of nurses aids. This would relieve the stress on nurses and these other non nursing staff would cost a lot less, meaning there could be more people in the wards.
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