The Shadow Health and Aged Care Minister Anne Ruston has explained how she believes the shortage of 35,000 nurses should be addressed.

“There was a lot of reputational damage done by the findings of the royal commission,” she told Luke Grant.

“I think we need to have a much more holistic view about how we’re going to deal with overall workforce shortages than these sporadic ad-hoc things.”

Ms Ruston also took a shot at Labor’s promise to place a registered nurse in every aged care home.

“It’s just a classic example of Labor making a promise that they almost certainly wont be able to deliver,” she said.

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