MP urges faster nurse appointments

ABC News, April 16, 2010 There is a call for staffing decisions at the Coffs Harbour Base Hospital to be made locally and immediately. This week the New South Wales Nurses Association launched a campaign to highlight what it says is an urgent need for more nurses in the emergency department. Coffs Harbour MP Andrew Fraser says it can take up to seven months for the North Coast Area Health Service to recruit one new nurse. He says the bureaucratic process needs to be streamlined. ... MP