NURSE-TO-PATIENT RATIOS
580. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. Can
the minister give an assurance that this political filibustering will not have
an impact on patient care or cause further industrial action?
Ms A.
SANDERSON replied:
Do you support ratios? I notice you
have not supported ratios.
Several members interjected.
Ms A. SANDERSON: I notice
that the member for Vasse has not supported ratios. She has not supported
ratios.
Ms M.J. Davies: Do your job
and answer the question.
Ms A. SANDERSON: From an
opposition leader who leads a team in palliative care, that is pretty
embarrassing. There is an opposition of six people over there. You do your job.
It is terrible. It is embarrassing.
We have made a historic commitment
to the ANF for what it has been seeking for more than 20 years in our health
system, and that is nurse-to-patient ratios. We are genuine in that commitment
and we urge the ANF to come back to the table and negotiate.