Summary
Nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston are against a plan to move the burn unit to Massachusetts General Hospital. The health system believes combining the units will improve care, but the nurses worry this could affect patient care and their jobs.
Key Facts
- Mass General Brigham plans to combine burn units from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital.
- The health system aims to improve burn care by combining clinical expertise and streamlining operations.
- Approximately 4,000 nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital are represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association.
- Nurses argue the move could reduce local burn care knowledge and is driven by administrative decisions, not patient needs.
- Mass General Brigham assures the move will maintain care quality and not reduce nurse roles.
- The nurses' union contract prohibits forced transfer, and many BWH nurses might stay for job protections and benefits.
- The Massachusetts Department of Public Health will review the service change over 120 days.
