4 years ago
MORRISON GOVERNMENT’S AGED CARE PPE FAILURES LAID BARE
Julie Collins MP
Concerning new evidence about the use of PPE in St Basil’s has highlighted the Morrison Government’s unacceptable failure to prepare Victorian nursing homes for COVID-19.
A report this morning indicated no PPE was being used in the St Basil’s nursing home in the critical days after the first case of COVID-19 was found in the facility.
“The times that we were going in to visit my mother-in-law there was zero PPE, even after the first person contracted on the 9th of July they weren’t wearing PPE until the 14th of July.”
A report this morning indicated no PPE was being used in the St Basil’s nursing home in the critical days after the first case of COVID-19 was found in the facility.
“The times that we were going in to visit my mother-in-law there was zero PPE, even after the first person contracted on the 9th of July they weren’t wearing PPE until the 14th of July.”
- FAMILY MEMBER OF ST BASIL’S RESIDENT, ABC AM, 5 AUGUST 2020
This concerning evidence follows alarming reports that the Morrison Government did no audit of nursing homes’ stock of PPE, despite more than 1,300 providers requesting access to the national stockpile.
The Morrison Government triaged aged care providers access to the PPE stockpile in the weeks before COVID-19 outbreaks grew in Victorian nursing homes.
The Minister must come clean on whether he is confident St Basil’s nursing home had enough PPE to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19.
This latest report comes on top of evidence given yesterday in the Select Committee on COVID-19 which revealed even now just 100,000 aged care workers have completed the Morrison Government’s training modules in infection control and how to use PPE.
This represents less than one in three aged care workers. Why did this completely inadequate take-up not raise serious alarm bells?
We have seen the devastating impact of COVID-19 outbreaks in aged care in Australia and across the globe.
Why was the Morrison Government not better prepared for outbreaks that would impact our nation’s most vulnerable?
Australia’s aged care system was broken before the COVID-19 pandemic and this is only putting extra stress on the system.
The Morrison Government must do better for our most vulnerable older Australians.
The Morrison Government must learn from the past few months and act to prevent further outbreaks in the aged care system.
The Morrison Government triaged aged care providers access to the PPE stockpile in the weeks before COVID-19 outbreaks grew in Victorian nursing homes.
The Minister must come clean on whether he is confident St Basil’s nursing home had enough PPE to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19.
This latest report comes on top of evidence given yesterday in the Select Committee on COVID-19 which revealed even now just 100,000 aged care workers have completed the Morrison Government’s training modules in infection control and how to use PPE.
This represents less than one in three aged care workers. Why did this completely inadequate take-up not raise serious alarm bells?
We have seen the devastating impact of COVID-19 outbreaks in aged care in Australia and across the globe.
Why was the Morrison Government not better prepared for outbreaks that would impact our nation’s most vulnerable?
Australia’s aged care system was broken before the COVID-19 pandemic and this is only putting extra stress on the system.
The Morrison Government must do better for our most vulnerable older Australians.
The Morrison Government must learn from the past few months and act to prevent further outbreaks in the aged care system.