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Regional health and care staff battle 'extreme burnout' as vacancies jump amid post-COVID surge

Regional health and aged care providers in Western Australia's north say frontline staff are grappling with "extreme burnout" due to increased workloads, vicarious trauma, and a high number of unfilled job vacancies.   

The number of positions advertised in aged care and allied and primary health has skyrocketed across the region, as providers try to address a backlog of vacancies resulting from the pandemic.

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