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'Potentially unsafe': Hospitals urged to restrict staffing amid public service job cuts | Newshub (www.youtube.com)

submitted 7 months ago by BalpeenHammer to c/politics

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both the education and health systems are getting absolutely butchered by this government and this is definitely going to impact you and the people around you.

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[–] Viper_NZ 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So much for frontline staff not being impacted..

[–] BalpeenHammer 6 points 7 months ago

They are still saying that!. Fucking idiots.

[–] liv 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Great. I'm already on month 15 of waiting for an appointment that the letter from the hospital told me was going to be a 6-8 month wait.

Seems we're in a "post truth" era here in New Zealand as well. This article has Luxon saying he doesn't want spin doctors and then Dr Shane Reti literally trying to spin this story.

[–] BalpeenHammer 3 points 7 months ago

The problem is that their voters believe every word they say.

[–] meathorse@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

National: strip-mines the public sector...

"Oh no, see - this doesn't work, the public sector can't do anything right. Obviously the solution is to privatise everything"

[–] BalpeenHammer 3 points 7 months ago

Why are we putting up with this shit?

[–] Longpork3 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My wife is a nurse. She has been doing 2-3 double shifts a week due to the ongoing nursing shortage, as have most of her colleagues. This plan means that her ward will be dangerously understaffed for every single shift.

I cannot comprehend how completely out of touch with reality this plan is.

[–] BalpeenHammer 1 points 6 months ago

You have to wonder what is going on in this government's heads.