Nurses choosing better-paid shifts at vaccination hubs adding to crisis in Australian public hospitals

Calls for exhausted nursing staff to be better supported in hospital emergency departments

Exhausted nurses are opting to take shifts in vaccination hubs instead of emergency departments and GP surgeries because they are paid more to deliver vaccinations and can also obtain much-needed respite from overcrowded public hospitals and clinics.

A senior agency nurse working in a vaccination hub told Guardian Australia: I've never been paid as much as I'm being paid to work in the vaccination hub."