John Hunter Hospital and Children's Hospital emergency nurses call for safer patient ratios as patients face huge wait times due to lack of staff

Anita Beaumont
Updated December 9 2021 - 11:52pm, first published 5:30pm
NSW Nurses and Midwives Association members and supporters gathered outside the hospital to raise community awareness of the staffing issues.
NSW Nurses and Midwives Association members and supporters gathered outside the hospital to raise community awareness of the staffing issues.

EXCESSIVE overtime and unsafe staffing levels inside John Hunter Hospital's emergency department (ED) has stretched nurses beyond their limits, the NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association says.

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Anita Beaumont

Anita Beaumont

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Anita Beaumont is a health and general news reporter at the Newcastle Herald.

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