In 2019, NSW Labor party Michael Daley proposed a tax on luxury cars worth more than $100,000 and yachts worth more than $200,000 to raise $240 million. The additional tax review would be used to increase funding for nurse staffing. The proposal would insure one nurse for every three patients in major emergency departments, one midwife for every three mothers in postnatal wards and one nurse to each patient in adult and pediatric resuscitation beds.
@98SVJLH1wk
only austrailian workers
@97X92L62mos
Yes because the acuity of patients is increasing with our ageing population.
Yes, so nurses don’t work overtime more often.
Yes, so long as it can be met by staffing shortages
@93R3M8Y7mos
The optimal ratio is known but the quality of the staff is the issue
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@938SGMZ8mos
Yes but for Australians only
@934QDXS8mos
yes if they give jobs to Austraians
@934GY588mos
Doctors and nurses should not work more then 10 hour shift
@9324Y8Y9mos
Same should include nursing homes nurse resident ratio x1 nurse to 4 persons
@92Z9R5Q9mos
Yes, but more nurses need to be employed our hospitals need more bed nurses and Dr, especially in rural areas
@92Z7DM69mos
Based off the skills of the combined average of the organisation is what the patient ratio should be.
@92SPQBZ9mos
This needs to be based on hours of care given, across the board ratios are not needed, however some areas require more nurses than others.
@92JDBXG9mos
Yes, an increase of nurses.
Yes but only with Australians
@92FD37J9mos
Yes, but this needs to be implemented across all hospital sites and wards, nursing wages are putrid, the whole system is broken
@92FDCFH9mos
Yes, and nurses should be better paid
@92FC8HB9mos
Yes, and funnel all funding previously cancelled/defunded (ie, used to instead subsidise fossil fuel industries) to this initiative.
@92CKJDM10mos
Yes to increase ratios funded by less bureaucratically in health
@92C9QP810mos
Aged care is in need of more support
@9285CZJ10mos
Yes, but on principle, not via any government action
@9232PDJ10mos
This is not acheivable with the way hospitals are currently run, nurses are underpaid, overworked and stretched thin as is.
@8ZV8LVV10mos
Nurse to Patient Ratio should be no higher than 1:4 in the day and 1:7 in the night
@8ZSH8WQ11mos
The medical and nursing staff should elevate each patients need with a baseline requirement that nurses are caring for not more then 5patiebts at a time
Yes, but where will the nurses come from
Yes, but the model should be 1:3 on general wards too. The population is getting older, we are being given an environment on high falls risk demented patients, violent intellectually impaired patients awaiting NDIS funding and bariatric patients. All nurses are burned out.
Nurse:patient ratios should be DECREASED (lower patient numbers is better!) which is what I think the question was actually asking but used the incorrect terminology
@8Z6QVGM12mos
There should be more nurses
Allow all healthcare establishments to decide for themselves
Yes but only for Australians
More nurses are needed - see - 7 yr old girl died whilst waiting in ED to be treated ...at Perth Childrens Hosital
dependent on patient requirement, funding model etc. question too simplistic
Yes, because the workforce has reduced due to the vaccine mandate
@8X878BC1yr
Yes, and increase nurse salary.
I would to know more. No opinion at this time.
No, it should be at as many that are necessary.
Yes, but wages should be below demand
@8TK8FQQ2yrs
Yes, for the duration and aftermath of the COVID pandemic
@8RJNF2Q2yrs
Should depend on the hospital, nurse experience, quality of care and location.
Deleted2yrs
Yes but only Australians
@8R6Z5GR2yrs
Yes, but only if it is because the patient is severely un-well
@8QWKK2J2yrs
Yes, depending on the amount of care a patient requires, possibly with an assessment. I think the funding however should not come from tax on luxury cars and yachts.
@8QGJQ842yrs
Yes, but not through a "luxury" car tax
@Auryn2yrs
Let the businesses choose
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