Nursing recruitment at critical low rate
By Anneke Smith of RNZ An overseas recruitment campaign targeting intensive care nurses has employed just three people since it was launched two months ag
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By Anneke Smith of RNZ An overseas recruitment campaign targeting intensive care nurses has employed just three people since it was launched two months ag
An overseas recruitment campaign targeting ICU nurses has employed just three people since it was launched two months ago.
Today's 2522 new Covid-19 cases are the highest daily numbers so far in the pandemic, but the 100 people in hospital today is also the largest total of the outbreak.
An overseas recruitment campaign targeting specialist nurses will go live this week, but critics say it's far too late two years into the pandemic.
New Zealand does not have enough nurses or ICU beds, healthcare figures warn, as their workforce braces for Omicron.