3 years ago
DAMNING NEW REVELATIONS EXPOSE MORRISON GOVERNMENT’S AGED CARE FAILURES
Julie Collins MP
The Morrison Government’s aged care failures have again been exposed with damning revelations that work on finally ensuring there were minimum training standards for workers was put on hold because of COVID-19.
With report after report exposing the unacceptable lack of training for some aged care workers during the COVID-19 crisis, it is shocking this work was put on hold.
But sadly this is true to form for the Morrison Government.
For more than two years the Morrison Government has been sitting on a report recommending sweeping action to ensure aged care workers are better trained and have a minimum qualification but the Federal Government has failed to act.
The Government’s own expert who wrote the A Matter of Care report has been crying out for action but Scott Morrison and his Minister for Aged Care haven’t been listening.
On the eve of outbreaks of COVID-19 in Victorian aged care homes just 1 in 5 aged care workers had completed the Morrison Government’s training modules on how to use PPE.
Scott Morrison can make hasty announcements on the run about better training for aged care workers but the fact is he has failed to act on this issue for far too long.
The Morrison Government has been behind the eight ball on aged care action for years and we are now seeing the tragic impact of this with COVID-19.
With Parliament returning tomorrow it’s time for Scott Morrison to finally take responsibility for his Government’s catastrophic aged care failures.
The Prime Minister and his Minister for Aged Care must be held to account for their failures to not better prepare Australia’s aged care system for COVID-19.
This is a chance for the Australians who have tragically been let down by Scott Morrison and his Minister for Aged Care to get some answers.
The public needs to know that its Government has learnt from previous outbreaks and everything possible is now being done.
With report after report exposing the unacceptable lack of training for some aged care workers during the COVID-19 crisis, it is shocking this work was put on hold.
But sadly this is true to form for the Morrison Government.
For more than two years the Morrison Government has been sitting on a report recommending sweeping action to ensure aged care workers are better trained and have a minimum qualification but the Federal Government has failed to act.
The Government’s own expert who wrote the A Matter of Care report has been crying out for action but Scott Morrison and his Minister for Aged Care haven’t been listening.
On the eve of outbreaks of COVID-19 in Victorian aged care homes just 1 in 5 aged care workers had completed the Morrison Government’s training modules on how to use PPE.
Scott Morrison can make hasty announcements on the run about better training for aged care workers but the fact is he has failed to act on this issue for far too long.
The Morrison Government has been behind the eight ball on aged care action for years and we are now seeing the tragic impact of this with COVID-19.
With Parliament returning tomorrow it’s time for Scott Morrison to finally take responsibility for his Government’s catastrophic aged care failures.
The Prime Minister and his Minister for Aged Care must be held to account for their failures to not better prepare Australia’s aged care system for COVID-19.
This is a chance for the Australians who have tragically been let down by Scott Morrison and his Minister for Aged Care to get some answers.
The public needs to know that its Government has learnt from previous outbreaks and everything possible is now being done.