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CHEAPER and in some cases unqualified nurses will replace university-trained nurses across Greater Southern Area Health Service (GSAHS) hospitals as of next year.
The move has been labelled as the State Government’s latest round of cost-cutting, expected to save $800,000 in salaries from GSAHS hospitals in a six-month period alone.
Up to 53 full-time equivalent registered nurse positions in GSAHS will be turned into enrolled nurse roles, saving $20,000 each.
Media reports yesterday said six positions will be affected at Deniliquin, Batemans Bay and Corowa hospitals, and 18 at Albury Base Hospital.
The decisions will take the ratio of enrolled nurses, who have no minimum level of education, to 50 per cent of the combined registered and enrolled nurse numbers.
Meanwhile, general manager of GSAHS central sector Jill Ludford said the nurse skill mix initiative ensures GSAHS hospitals have the right number of nurses with the right skills in the right places.
“It is about getting the mix of nurses in a clinical team right and is not a reduction in nursing staffing numbers,” Ms Ludford said.
“Wagga Base Hospital already has an appropriate mix of registered and enrolled nurses to work across acute and community services.”
The NSW Nurses Association said the union would try to ensure the needs of each hospital were assessed individually.
The association did not provide a person for comment on how the changes would affect Wagga, despite requests from The Daily Advertiser yesterday. source
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