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Andrew Little: Health Minister says there's more work to be done in terms of the nursing shortage

Published: Nov. 13, 2022, 6:52 p.m.

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The latest idea to help solve the nursing crisis is paying students for their placements while they\'re training.

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The Health Minister says it was put on the table earlier this year, with officials actively considering significant reforms.

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Students currently have to complete 11-hundred hours of unpaid placements in \\u2018real\\u2019 clinical settings, but not all of that is in hospitals specifically.

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Health Minister Andrew Little told Mike Hosking there\'s a bit more work to be done on it.

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He says the attrition rate for nurses in their final nine weeks of placement is high and he wants to stop that happening.

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