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Put nurse ratios into law #1:4MakeItLaw
sachadylan.bsky.social Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 8h
“Over the last year with budget constraints, they’ve not hired new nurses. Anytime a nurse left, they weren’t replaced.”

- Starship children's hospital whistleblower.

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'Horrified and appalled': Starship suspends child cancer treatments amid staff crisis
A hospital nurse said the move increases the risk of complications or death from cancers.
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 15, 2026 at 12:33 AM
andrewjull.bsky.social
The only solution is to put nursing ratios into law #1:4makeitlaw

theconversation.com/nzs-nursing-...
NZ’s nursing squeeze is an election issue. Is it time for compulsory patient ratios?
A new study linking lower nurse staffing on surgical wards with higher rates of post-operative deaths has raised urgent new questions about NZ’s settings.
theconversation.com
October 14, 2026 at 6:08 AM
andrewjull.bsky.social
The only to prevent nursing shortages in the future is to put nurse to patient ratios into law; govts can still change law, but they have to do so through public process instead of hiding how they have turned off the tap. #1:4MakeItLaw

www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...
Auckland's Starship Hospital delays some cancer treatments due to nurse shortage
The health minister has confirmed some cancer treatments have been delayed by up to seven days at Auckland's Starship Children's Hospital.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 15, 2026 at 12:32 AM
andrewjull.bsky.social
Yet another example of how the govt turns off the tap to limit nurses in the health system and reduce expenditure. The only solution is to legislate for nursing ratios #1:4makeitlaw

theconversation.com/nzs-nursing-...
NZ’s nursing squeeze is an election issue. Is it time for compulsory patient ratios?
A new study linking lower nurse staffing on surgical wards with higher rates of post-operative deaths has raised urgent new questions about NZ’s settings.
theconversation.com
October 14, 2026 at 6:02 AM
andrewjull.bsky.social
Legislate nurse to patient ratios #1:4makeitlaw

theconversation.com/nzs-nursing-...
October 14, 2026 at 6:34 AM
andrewjull.bsky.social
I keep saying, but the only way we can consistently stop understaffing is to put nurse:patient ratios in law - that will stop the govt, Te Whatu Ora, and TEC from turning off the nursing tap. It also means that more money is needed. #1:4makeitlaw

theconversation.com/nzs-nursing-...
NZ’s nursing squeeze is an election issue. Is it time for compulsory patient ratios?
A new study linking lower nurse staffing on surgical wards with higher rates of post-operative deaths has raised urgent new questions about NZ’s settings.
theconversation.com
October 14, 2026 at 7:55 PM