There could be a shortage of 13,000 nurses in the aged care sector by 2030. The national nursing federation says the industry has to do more to attract and retain nurses.
The government expects providers to increase the care delivered by a registered nurse to 44 minutes per resident a day from October.Aged care managers warn they face a “knife fight for staff” to ensure they can meet care targets.
The official figures show 50,232 nurses are in aged care this year, but the government forecasts demand for 55,572 nurses, which means there would be a shortage of 5340 nurses. The shortage has forced some aged care providers to search for nurses from nearby employers while also losing existing staff to hospitals, with every new hire creating a gap somewhere else.
“While we’ve seen some improvement over the last year from the absolute worst point, we’ve only seen that because we haven’t been able to find enough workforce to deliver on the minutes targets,” he said.Federal authorities are likely to take the nurse shortage into account when looking at whether providers have met the mandate on daily care minutes, as long as there is no risk to residents and the providers are doing what they can to meet the targets.
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