Aged care needs nurse at all times: probe

By Angelo Risso
Updated June 11 2021 - 11:50am, first published 11:46am
A NSW inquiry calls for a mandatory staffing mix in aged care to ensure a nurse is always on duty.
A NSW inquiry calls for a mandatory staffing mix in aged care to ensure a nurse is always on duty.

The NSW government should lobby federal counterparts to implement a mandatory "staffing mix ratio" in nursing homes and go it alone if they fail to act within four years, a parliamentary report has found.

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