Aged Care
NSW government report backs RN 24/7
NSWNMA aged care members joined NSW Members of Parliament to launch the report from the Select Committee on the provisions of the Public Health Amendment (Registered Nurses in Nursing Homes) Bill 2020.
The report, which examined the current Bill and heard evidence from workers, unions, providers and organisations, makes seven recommendations and five findings about how the NSW Government can improve aged care.
Most notably, the committee recommended:
- The introduction of mandated levels of registered nurses, personal care workers and allied health professionals based on the number and needs of residents.
- That the NSW government legislate for registered nurses, and federal government introduce mandated safe staffing levels for all staff in aged care.
The inquiry was repeatedly told how conditions were getting worse in aged care, with cuts to key staff, food budgets and allied health professionals, including physiotherapists.
The result provides more evidence for the need for urgent change in aged care and highlights the responsibility of the NSW government to take immediate steps to improve our system here in NSW.
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association is calling on governments to urgently mandate staff ratios of registered nurses in aged care and act sooner than recommended by the Royal Commission. You can join our campaign here.
Therese Nelligan says
Now I have been saying this for all my years as a nurse but no one cares AINs should registered Pay registration and be accountable for their action but I know that this will brushed aside as usual.
Just another matter PPE is cheap made in China and do not fit all nurses and not only that public hospitals (hopefully not all public hospitals), are not supplying the proper PPE for droplet precaution(COVID-19) as it cost to much money.
Pamela Turner says
How do we scrutinise management 24 /7 private owners have a stranglehold on where government money goes.Maybe the government should employ and deploy workers where indicated !
Dallas says
How can aged care workers wages rise when your employer slices half an hour off your AINs shifts and makes 5 positions redundant because they say they are loosing money. And say they have to cut 420 hours from the roster. Tell me how does that work. How does less people provide better care.