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National Regional Affairs reporter Jane Norman

Aged care sector facing worker crunch to meet 24/7 nurse requirements by July

Aged care worker Viv Allanson says "the world knows" the sector cannot meet the deadline. (ABC News: Ross McLoughlin)

Like so many others in aged care, Viv Allanson says it is going to be "impossible" for her facility to meet key government deadlines for new standards in the sector, saying "the pressure is absolutely enormous".

Ms Allanson runs Maroba Aged Care in the New South Wales city of Newcastle, which is scrambling to recruit enough registered nurses to staff the facility 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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