Federal Minister of Public Health Frank Vandenbroucke said to himself “strongly concerned“Monday by the increasing use of nursing staff via subcontracting companies, at the expense of the hospital budget. He calls for a complaint to be filed with the labor inspectorate in the event of abuse.
Temporary work agencies manage to attract more and more carers by offering better pay and working conditions. On Monday, the Flemish network of care establishments Zorgnet-Icuro sounded the alarm by warning of the risk, for patients and residents, of an increase in costs if this type of procedure were to become the dominant commercial model.
