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state political reporter Leah MacLennan

Nurse jobs cut from SA Pathology, despite COVID role, with lower-skilled staff to take blood

Previous privatisation plans were scrapped in recognition of the role played by the nurses in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. (Reuters: Lindsey Wasson)

More than two dozen nurses will lose their jobs at SA Pathology, and be redeployed elsewhere in the health system, under a major restructure plan for the organisation.

Documents obtained by the ABC show the plan to shake-up the service will include training lower-skilled staff to take blood and carry out sample collection services.

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