‘System failure’; Calls for review following aged care worker coronavirus case

The Health Services Union has called for an urgent review of safety procedures at an Anglicare aged care home after a staff member with coronavirus continued working.

A woman uses a walker to assist her mobility at an aged care facility (FILE). Source: AAP

The Health Services Union said there has been a “system failure” at the Anglicare aged care home where a staff member continued working shifts for a week after having contracted coronavirus.

The worker at Anglicare's Newmarch House aged care facility in Caddens, in western Sydney, reportedly went to work while showing symptoms of illness.

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