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Samantha Lock

Health procedures risk safety of patients, inquiry told

An inquiry is investigating growing costs and waste in the NSW health system. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Nurses working in hospitals across NSW are struggling with inconsistent equipment, inadequate supply procedures and cumbersome approval processes that jeopardise the safety of their patients, an inquiry has been told.

Practitioners working for different local health districts voiced similar procedural concerns about the NSW health system at a Special Commission of Inquiry into the state's healthcare on Monday.

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