New South Wales Health Minister Reba Meagher rejects claims the clean-up of Royal North Shore Hospital occurred specifically to coincide with a parliamentary inquiry into its performance.
RNSH has enjoyed a major spruce-up, with a huge team of cleaners employed to do the job.
The Opposition has been critical of the timing but Health Minister Reba Meagher says she’s just trying to improve the hospital.
“The concerns about cleaning were raised directly by the nurses to the chief executive and the chief executive has responded to those claims,” she said.
Royal North Shore has been under siege of late, with patients left to miscarry in emergency and cases of serious misdiagnosis.
Meanwhile, it's claimed 250 nurses could be employed with the money spent on 159 health bureaucrats who are being paid even though they don't have a position.
Almost half have had their role made redundant.
New South Wales Treasurer Michael Costa has told 2GB's Ray Hadley there is a deadline for these people to find work within the public service.
"They're in a different category because they tend to be not highly paid people," he said.
"They're given an oppotunity - 12 months - to find an alternate employment opportunity within the public sector. If they fail to find they are given termination and they've got 12 months to get out of the system."
