OUT IN THE FIELD: Saga of mind the gap continues
I’ve had lots of feedback from last week’s whinge about the DGH and severe lack of staff – and ultimately decent care – on a medical ward and am meeting with watchdogs in a bid to get people to share their experiences, good and bad. Thanks to everyone that made contact, especially one nurse who wrote telling me the problem is widespread: “It’s happening all over the hospital. It is so dangerous and how something serious hasn’t happened is beyond me. Everyday we get texts pleading with us to go in and do extra shifts which then leads to completely exhausted nurses that then go off sick. The hospital can’t recruit or retain staff, we are treated like the proverbial brown stuff and our registration is at risk every single shift we work”. Something needs to be done ASAP.
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