NT Health issues urgent call-out for dozens more hospital workers
The Northern Territory Health Department issues an urgent call-out for qualified health workers to take up short-term roles at the Darwin and Palmerston hospitals, in a bid to relieve staff under "immense pressure" amid a weeks-long code yellow.
The Northern Territory Health Department is urgently seeking additional qualified health workers to help alleviate staffing pressures at Darwin and Palmerston hospitals. Acting Chief Executive Susan Bowden has issued a call-out for almost 60 nurses, midwives and pharmacists to provide up to two weeks of redeployment at Royal Darwin Hospital and Palmerston Regional Hospital.
Both hospitals have been under a code yellow, indicating critical patient demand and understaffing, since late July. This is the sixth code yellow at the hospitals since January, with high demand leading to frontline staff experiencing immense pressure and fatigue. The Nurses and Midwives Union has called for better pay and conditions to address long-term workforce shortages.
The ANMF NT branch secretary warned that the code yellow is the worst they have experienced, and the union's recent enterprise bargaining negotiations have resulted in members being outraged by the government's latest offer.
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