The COVID-19 pandemic has produced the most serious crisis in healthcare in more than 100 years, exacerbating pre-pandemic healthcare staffing shortages. Two years into the pandemic, SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West launched a survey of allied healthcare workers to shed light on the state of staffing in California.

Crisis in Care presents the results of that unprecedented survey of 33,140 allied healthcare workers from nearly 200 medical facilities across California. The report exposes in alarming detail the devastating impact of staffing shortages on working conditions and patient care, and the failure of healthcare providers and government to adequately address the crisis.