The results of a recent audit of aged care facilities has shown Cairns to offer some of the worst patient-to-nurse ratios in the state. The audit revealed the average care hours per resident per day in the federal electorate of Leichhardt amounted to just over two hours a day, which was almost half the recommended ratio. Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union said every facility checked across 30 federal electorates was chronically and dangerously understaffed but Leichhardt was one of the poorest performers and was in the bottom six electorates.
