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And forget about getting care in regional WA. You're out of luck if you have anything more severe than a hangnail.The facts, in 1990 the number of public hospital beds in Western Australia at that time was 3,987. By the end of the 1990s, the number of public hospital beds had declined to 3,345, a loss of more than 600 beds from our public hospital system during the 1990s. By last year that number had risen to 3,427 public hospital beds in WA. Still 560 less than the number we had in 1990. Western Australian Population 1990: 1,195,000 current population 2,667,000. No wonder our health system in WA is struggling and you can thank 30 years of poor government not just the last 5 years under McGowans Leadership.
Nurse in regional WA pleads to stay as rule change makes her too old by a year
After celebrating her 46th birthday, a nurse who has been working in Geraldton since 2018 is told she is too old for permanent residency.
www.abc.net.au
I may hate the ABC but this story is very indicative of a big issue in our hospitals in both regional WA and in Perth. I personally know a few nurses who have struggled to get permanent visas and struggle to get sponsored even though they are already working here in health care. These things all tie in to the reported poor morale with health workers in this state.
Retire, go single income family, start a family, take a low job-stress fifo role with a miner, go east, take a year off. Lots of alternatives.They have an alternative?