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Report into Victoria’s two deadliest coronavirus aged care outbreaks ‘didn’t go far enough’, Health Minister Martin Foley says
Victoria’s Health Minister says a report into the state’s two deadliest nursing home outbreaks does not go far enough, and has criticised the Federal Government for “a whole range” of concerns within the sector.
Key points:
- Health Minister Martin Foley has pushed for aged care staff to be limited to one facility during the pandemic
- He says he wants to see fixed ratios for staff to residents in all homes
- The report’s authors say they do not want to apportion blame but instead look for lessons
An independent review into St Basil’s Home for the Aged and Epping Gardens nursing homes was commissioned by the Federal Government after 45 residents died at St Basil’s and 38 at Epping Gardens.
The report, released on Monday afternoon, found frontline…
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