The NSW government will recruit more than 10,000 nurses, doctors and other staff as part of a $4.5 billion bid to boost the healthcare sector | LucyCormack
The Perrottet government will recruit more than 10,000 nurses, doctors and other staff to the state’s hospitals and health services as part of a $4.5 billion boost to the struggling sector.
Overworked nurses and paramedics have walked off the job this year as part of rolling public-sector industrial action to demand better pay and conditions, including improved nurse-to-patient ratios. The breakdown of the new workforce will be determined by local health districts based on staffing and patient demand.for the state’s strained ambulance service to employ more than 1850 extra paramedics and build 30 stations.
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