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Support our essential health care workers

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When hospitals don’t have enough staff, both patients and health care workers suffer. That’s why we’re joining our partners in supporting legislation to require hospitals to follow safe staffing standards to improve safety for workers and patients. HB 1868 would protect health care workers from dangerously high patient loads and require hospital executives to adequately staff their hospitals. This would improve care for patients and prevent hospitals from continuing to stretch their staff as much as possible.

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Subject: Pass HB 1868 to improve staffing standards in health care

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Throughout the pandemic, health care workers have worked tirelessly and risked their own lives to protect all of us. Now they need our help to create safe working conditions that ensures patients get the care they need.

I urge you to support House Bill 1868 to improve worker safety and patient care by implementing safe staffing standards. Addressing the ongoing staffing crisis in hospitals is long overdue – for years now, healthcare workers have been working unsustainable hours, taking on dangerously high patient loads, and often working without proper overtime, meal, and rest breaks. It’s clear that we can’t leave matters of safety to hospital executives.

Our community needs your swift action to pass this legislation healthcare workers are asking for to ensure they can do their jobs safely and give patients the care they deserve. When healthcare workers have the tools and staffing they need to provide quality care, we can keep Washington safe and healthy.

Healthcare workers have been clear – safe staffing standards will address the burnout and unmanageable conditions they're facing and are the only way to solve the healthcare staffing crisis in the long term. House Bill 1868 has received strong, bipartisan support, and I urge you to support it.

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