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Nurses concerned budget provides little room for health authorities to keep the promise to improve nurse staffing for safe patient care
Sources News Release
http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR1832.htm
Publisher: BC Nurses' Union
Date Written: 19/02/2013
Year Published: 2013
Resource Type: Article
Pressure to do more with less will force nurses to deal with increased overcapacity in hospitals and under-funded needs, such as mental health, community, homecare and seniors' services.
Abstract: Nurses are concerned today's provincial budget - holding health spending growth well below historic levels - gives little indication the provincial government is taking steps to enable health authorities keep the promise they made to patients to improve nurse staffing to ensure safe patient care in BC's public healthcare system.
BC Nurses' Union President Debra McPherson says "with the government's determination to limit
the growth of health spending in the upcoming years to even less than...
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