Nursing homes are facing staff shortages exacerbated by immigration policy changes, leading to the loss of employees with Temporary Protected Status. This impacts caregiving roles significantly.
The inability to expand mental health beds at a Sydney hospital due to psychiatric staff shortages highlights a pressing issue for mental health care in New South Wales.
HMP Wandsworth is enduring its worst year in recent memory, with a damning report highlighting inhumane conditions and rampant violence in the prison beset by staff absences. Nearly half of officers had less than a year's experience, undermining the prison's functionality.