CVH Staff Speak Out: Short Staffing Crisis is Hurting Patient Care
Present “White Paper” to Governor Rell Showing Hundreds of Unfilled Shifts, Massive Use of MOT
Mental health staff travelled to the Capitol on Tuesday, June 2 to deliver a powerful message to Governor Rell: chronic, rampant short-staffing at CVH is “a disaster waiting to happen.”
1199ers Alice Markland, Al Honegan, Helene Sands-Proulx, Tamara Cunningham, Steve Charpentier spoke out at the news conference with a group of about a dozen other CVH members, delivering a short but scathing report that analyzed staffing data for May 2010 in the General Psychiatric Division (GPD)
(click here for the full report).
In just over 3 weeks on the GPD, there were more than 2,000 instances of workers being mandated. Even with all that MOT,
623 shifts went unfilled just in that brief period.
DMHAS members vow to keep up the pressure for proper staffing levels. Ultimately, however, 1199 members need to do whatever we can to elect a governor in November who will support the resources necessary for safe quality care.
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