ENROLLED NURSE TRAINING
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Mr NATHAN REES: Earlier the Leader of The Nationals asked me a question about nurse recruitment. As I advised, the Government has recruited 1,650 new registered nurses and midwives into the New South Wales hospital system, and that is a fact. When the Opposition claimed that 3,000 nurses have left the system, I am advised that the figures it is using—
Mr Barry O'Farrell: No, you are wrong again.
Mr NATHAN REES: The figures you are using include nurses who resigned from a job in one area in order to take up a job in another area. That is not a nurse leaving the system.
The SPEAKER: Order! Government benches will remain silent.
Mr NATHAN REES: It also includes nurses who finish their training and move into a new role.
Question time concluded.