The result of the proposal would be the dilution of a skilled diversional therapist workforce and the equivalent loss of four fulltime positions a week, she said. “This proposal has resulted in a further reduction of 3.5 fulltime positions per week of caregiver staff which is further compounded by the reduction of 1.25 fulltime position (44 hours) of Enrolled Nursing staff a week.”
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Timaru’s Strathallan Life Care Village, Rest Home and Hospital staff are worried they will not be able to deliver a high level of quality care to residents if proposed restructure goes ahead. Duncan said NZNO members were worried they would not be able to provide effective care for residents under this new model as caregivers already struggled with high workloads.
Friday, 12 February 2021, 5:54 pm
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is urging
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to invest time into hearing
real stories from frontline MIQ nurses and other health
workers.
The Prime Minister has stated publicly that
frontline MIQ workers are being prioritised, but NZNO
believes the Government is not listening to nurses’ voices
so there is little trust on the part of these health
workers. During the first and second
waves of COVID we don’t feel that the Ministry of Health
responded to the matters we raised in a timely way. NZNO has
repeatedly alerted the Government to issues of concern to
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