More than 2700 NSW health workers are stuck in COVID isolation as chronic understaffing leaves hospital emergency departments buckling under surging rates of flu and Omicron.
A NSW Health spokesman said there were 2719 health workers in isolation across the state as of Friday. During the last peak of the outbreak in January more than 6000 staff were forced to isolate on a single day. A Western Sydney Local Health District spokeswoman recognised the dedication of all staff in keeping the community safe, adding that the nurses’ action would not affect the public.After visiting Blacktown, Westmead and Kogarah hospitals over the weekend, NSW Labor leader Chris Minns on Sunday argued that workers were suffering from the symptoms of underinvestment in the health sector.
“Recurrent funding is $30.7 billion, representing a 98.3 per cent increase on Labor’s last budget of just over $15 billion,” she said.to the struggling health sector the government promised to recruit more than 10,000 nurses, doctors and other staff to hospitals and health services. Doctors have continued to raise their concerns over the decision to end rebates for dozens of telehealth services, as the Albanese government on Saturday agreed to create a new, temporary Medicare item to cover longer GP telehealth consultations to prescribe COVID-19 antivirals.
LucyCormack LisaVisentin Sack them. They don't deserve to work in Australian government hospitals when they're involved in the coverup of 18,000 annual preventable deaths. doctors hospital malpractice nurses
ChrisMinnsMP LucyCormack LisaVisentin So many strikes across public sector. So little action from Perrottet. Only thing left is workers to quit. We will have no nurses or teachers or transport. Government is to blame.
unionsaustralia LucyCormack LisaVisentin What's this? Something that isn't about Victoria for once
LucyCormack LisaVisentin Eternal optimist Dom_Perrottet asked for it. Too many laissez faire decisions
LucyCormack LisaVisentin we seem to be meant to take that the strike action is redundant because it's going to peak next month, which is a) yet to be seen, b) implies that the other side of the peak is a return to normal, whereas the last few waves nadir hasn't been far from the previous waves peak
LucyCormack LisaVisentin Where is the duty of care by the Government? It’s like saying we know it’s coming let it rip.
LucyCormack LisaVisentin Espionage all over it. Used 'mead' and the old data theft to do with mothers and babe in warzones, needing privacy and to not be harmed. Foreign data theft. Fridges and airconditions, human biometric ID thefts. And beer barrel data-theft. Red white and blue shipping Infect too.
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