Plea for retired nurses to come back

The Department of Health has launched a campaign to attract retired nurses back to the profession amid a plea from Gauteng's MEC for Health Ntombi Mekgwe who appealed to 200 women from the Retired Nurses Forum to return to the sector, reports Times Live.

4 Aug 2011

In the Times Live report she is quoted as saying that the shortage of nurses is a national problem. The 2010 SA Health Review reports that there is a 15% vacancy rate in the Gauteng health department. This compares with a 68% vacancy rate in Limpopo. There are 1 209 vacancies in Gauteng nursing sector.

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Times Live: Hospitals 'crying out' for retired nurses
SA Health Review: http://www.hst.org.za/publications/876

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