Flexibility at a Cost: Responding to a Skilled Labour Shortage

Keith Townsend and Cameron Allan

Chapter 9 in Workplace Reform in the Healthcare Industry, 2005, pp 187-206 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract There is currently a major shortage of working nurses in Australia. It is expected that this shortage will worsen in the immediate future (AIHW, 2003; Buchanan and Considine, 2002; DEST, 2002). A recent government report indicates a shortfall of 31,000 nurses by 2006 (DEST, 2002). This skilled labour shortage is not confined to Australia and is an international problem (Loquist, 2002). Countries such as the UK and the USA have experienced long-term problems in nursing labour supply and have relied extensively on immigration to supplement local labour shortages (Davis and Nichols, 2002).

Keywords: Private Hospital; Labour Shortage; Advertising Campaign; Agency Staff; Healthcare Industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230596009_10

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