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Local Nurse Numbers Dropping

July 26, 2024 11:17 am in by

The number of nurses and care workers in the Yorke and Mid-North region is deteriorating.

According to the Federal Government’s NERO analysis which looks at employment for each region, a drop of 18 percent has been recorded locally across the last five years.

In June 2019 there were about 520 nurses and personal-care workers in the region, and currently there’s about 430.

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