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Subscriber only A health worker at the Lismore Base Hospital COVID-19 clinic has revealed staff are getting flogged to say the least . There are four fever clinics open in Northern NSW on weekends â LBH, Byron Central Hospital, Tweed Hospital and Grafton Base Hospital. But at Lismore, people waited for more than four hours to be tested. In a post on The Northern Star s Facebook page on Sunday, one health worker said it was chaos. I did not stop all day, did not get a break, they wrote. We need more staff and we need more clinics set up, as the pressure on the Base is way too much.
Some of the midwifery team at Byron Central Hospital – midwives Zoe Davidson, Sarah Beadman, Chris Smith, Michelle Popple, Ti Harrison, Dani Smallwood and Sarah Vial. Photo Zandra Warland.
According to a survey of almost 4,500 women across the state who gave birth in 2019, hospitals in Northern NSW are some of the best in NSW in which to give birth.
Results from the 2019 Maternity Care Survey released last week shows the care at hospitals in Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) is among the top in the state, with women who gave birth at Byron Central Hospital having some of the most positive experiences of care.