17 May 2022

Resthome offers reward for nurse recruitment

From Morning Report, 7:55 am on 17 May 2022

A North Island resthome has sent a begging letter to its residents and their families offering a 500 dollar reward to anyone who can find a nurse to work there.

One family says they were shocked to see the offer, but Enliven says traditional methods of recruitment simply aren't working.

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The sector is struggling with a staffing crisis and is short of more than a thousand nurses.

Rosie Gordon reports.