Calls for better staff-to-resident ratios as the government's aged care inquiry

calls for nurse to patient ratio in the aged care sector

: NSW Nurses and Midwives Association secretary Brett Holmes Source: SBS Filipino

The peak body for nurses and midwives in Australia is calling on the government to make staff-to-resident ratios law, in aged care facilities. They say the government can't afford to wait until the conclusion of the royal commission into the aged care sector.



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