<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="" title="Queensland"><span>Queensland</span></a><span>'s largest private </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/aged-care" rel="" target="" title="aged care"><span>aged care</span></a><span> provider is set to cut more than half of its enrolled nurses from its workforce.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Queensland Nurses and Midwives' Union (QNMU) revealed today that BlueCare will slash up to 84 of its 130 positions in the coming weeks.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The cuts are expected to impact nurses responsible for the daily monitoring and medication of thousands of elderly Queenslanders across BlueCare's 21 facilities state-wide.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/daniels-law-queensland-child-sex-offender-registry-explained/a9f39288-5114-4030-ab74-612228f5d3f0"><strong><span>Queensland's new child sex offender registry explained</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are going to see a drastic drop in care," QNMU secretary Sarah Beaman said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is not good enough for our elderly, not at a time when the royal commission historically showed quality care needed to be higher."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>BlueCare today said the decision came as a result of significant changes to federal funding and said it was committed to supporting affected staff.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/blue-care-queenslands-largest-aged-care-provider-to-cut-dozens-of-enrolled-nurses/defec88b-47a8-4ddf-8b4d-70029088b294" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are still working with those impacted by the changes to the EN roles to identify redeployment opportunities within residential care and across the broader BlueCare and UnitingCare Queensland network," a spokesperson said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They are a deeply respected part of our team, and we want to retain their skills and dedication within our Uniting Care family - final outcomes are still to be determined, but redundancy numbers are expected to be significantly less than quoted."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/erin-patterson-mushroom-triple-murderer-prepares-to-face-her-victims/74768c8b-70b9-4675-942b-fdcb7db11270" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Erin Patterson's only surviving victim forgives her, asks for confession</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Beaman urged families to check on their residents in BlueCare.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Ask for a roster... ask BlueCare management for a reason behind this because simply not being able to afford it, that's just, it's not good enough," Beaman said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You can't take this many people out of an aged care workforce at that skill level and not replace that skill level and not see a drop.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is purely budgetary.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is purely aimed at profits.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There is absolutely no reason that BlueCare cannot continue to pay the enrolled nurses."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The union has referred BlueCare to Aged Care Minister Sam Rae and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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