Hospitals have been told to reduce their patient offload times by 4 per cent by the end of this financial year.
It is concerning that advocates have been requesting a meeting with the NSW Health Minister since October to discuss solutions.
The Albanese government seeks to prove its commitment to Medicare before the upcoming election – while holding out on a fresh five-year deal with the states.
Severely ill and distressed patients are waiting three and a half days in emergency for mental health beds that don’t exist in a shocking escalation of the state’s psychiatrist workforce crisis.
Resigning psychiatrists warn of worsening backlogs in emergency departments when mentally ill patients have nowhere to go due to ward closures.
Two-thirds of psychiatrists in NSW public hospitals will quit this week. The impact for patients like Jessica Comish will be devastating in a system already strained.
Leaked recordings show NSW public hospitals are preparing to lose some services under emergency settings akin to those seen during the COVID pandemic.
Maternity hospital closures are forcing labouring women to travel hundreds of kilometres across “maternity deserts” to give birth.
A metropolitan Sydney hospital will struggle to treat patients after more than half of the state’s hospital psychiatrists tendered their resignations.
Staff at Sydney’s busiest hospital say a lack of space is leaving some patients stuck in emergency for days,four years after a $900 million spend on more beds.