Unregulated Covid-19 vaccinators a stop-gap for underinvestment in nurses - union Meriana Johnsen © RNZ / Richard Tindiller New Zealand Nurses Organisation kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku is concerned non-clinical community health workers don t have adequate medical training or the backing of a professional body to be vaccinators.
The largest nurses union has raised concerns about non-clinical staff giving Covid-19 vaccinations, saying it stems from a long-standing failure by the Ministry of Health to recruit more Māori nurses.
Community health workers at Māori health providers will be trained to give the jab because there are not enough nurses and doctors.
It has been lauded by Māori health providers who rely heavily on the non-clinical workforce, but it doesn t have the support of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation.
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