Thursday, December 18, 2008

Declining hospital standards

The incompetence of the NSW shines through and is putting lives at risk.
Don't go to a public hospital if you could help it.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/skilled-nurses-axed-for-cheaper-alternative/2008/12/18/1229189804471.html

Registered nurses will be replaced by cheaper, less-qualified nurses and unqualified assistants, in the latest round of cost cutting by the State Government.

The plan to substitute university-trained registered nurses with enrolled and trainee nurses contradicts a $1.2 million study commissioned by NSW Health last year, which found that increasing the proportion of less-qualified staff in hospitals caused a range of preventable complications and deaths.

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