Counties Manukau District Health Board says staff working in managed isolation facilities and restricted access to overseas workers has exacerbated its shortage of nurses. (File photo)Counties Manukau District Health Board is short 150 nurses, a revelation the New Zealand Nurses Organisation is calling outrageous. However, New Zealand Nurses Organisation manager of industrial services Glenda Alexander said such workforce shortages are having an impact on nurses working in hospitals. During Wednesday’s select committee hearing, Counties Manukau DHB chief executive Margie Apa agreed staffing shortages were a major issue for the whole health sector. In September 2020 it was revealed its Mental Health and Addiction department had a staffing shortage of 121 positions.

Source: Stuff March 11, 2021 04:07 UTC