Tag: nurse shortage

Ontario Will Be Short 30,000 Nurses and Care Aides in Next 5 Years, With $21.3 Billion Health Care Budget Shortfall: Watchdog Report

A new report predicts Ontario will have a shortfall of 33,000 nurses and personal health care aides, and be short $21.3 billion to cover health care costs in the next five years. The province’s Financial Accountability Office (FAO) released a special health care report on March 8, suggesting the province’s health spending plan “will not…


Government Should Open Immigration Channels for the Aged Care Industry: Report

Australia’s shortage of aged care workers has doubled to 35,000 in less than a year, according to a new report, which recommends that the government attracts overseas immigrants into the industry. The ‘Duty of care: Aged Care Sector in Crisis’ report released by The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) on June 28 shows that government inaction and…


Anaheim Nurses Protest for Better Working Conditions as Hospital Becomes Overrun

ANAHEIM, Calif.—As staff shortage continues to be a problem at hospitals, registered nurses experiencing “moral distress” picketed outside West Anaheim Medical Center on Feb. 14 demanding better work conditions. About a dozen or so healthcare workers were standing at the corner of South Beach Boulevard and West Orange Avenue with signs reading, “Patients First in…


Increasing Number of Nurses Quitting Hospital System in Massachusetts

As Massachusetts hospitals continue to hand out red slips to nurses for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, members of the state’s largest nursing association gave testimony to lawmakers about escalating job pressures that have prompted an alarming number of nurses to quit.  “Morale is low, burnout is high, and many nurses are walking away…