Hospitals are poaching new aged care recruits while workforce shortages are holding back the development of new beds. Is there a solution?

With the response to the Aged Care Taskforce finally revealed in the new Aged Care Bill, operators and experts are now calling for a bipartisan approach from the Federal and State and Territory Governments to workforce development.

Regional operators are struggling to find staff, particularly nurses, with some reporting they have closed beds because of workforce shortages.

“We are aware of hospitals that just wait for the local