A report warning that over 110,000 workers are required by 2030 to sustain basic care needs has sector leaders eager to ramp up recruitment efforts. Aged care will need an annual boost of 17,000 personal-care assistants, nurses and allied health ...
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Nursing staff numbers on the critical list
Australia faces a critical shortage of nurses over the next decade unless governments address dwindling job opportunities, an over-reliance on skilled migration, and a lack of training in aged care. With projections that Australia is to be short more than ...
More »Tasmania ends return-to-work program
The state’s only re-entry course will end on July 1 forcing nurses to study on the mainland to meet national registration requirements, writes Linda Belardi. Tasmanian nurses seeking to return to the workforce will no longer have access to a ...
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