Concerns over unregulated healthcare assistant workforce
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They're one of the biggest workforces in the country - more than 30,000 healthcare assistants are currently working in hospitals, aged care facilities and private homes.
But some within the sector say this unregulated workforce is increasingly being used as cheap substitutes for nurses, without the training, recognition or pay.
Ruth Hill reports.