Government begs psychiatrists: please don’t resign
The NSW government has escalated its brinkmanship with its psychiatry workforce, refusing to pay them more and warning of the widespread impacts of mass resignations.
The NSW government has escalated its brinkmanship with its psychiatry workforce, refusing to pay them more and warning of the widespread impacts of mass resignations.
As 201 out of 260 staff specialist psychiatrists quit in NSW, trainees are being pushed to take up more frontline care – sparking fears for their wellbeing and that of their patients.
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About two-thirds of NSW public hospital staff specialists say enough to a system in crisis.
Trainee psychiatrists say they fear for patient safety and have been coping with untenable workloads as registrars in the specialty add their support to an uprising.
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Almost one in five psychiatrists employed in NSW public hospitals have tendered their resignations, with more to come, in an extraordinary bid to stem a mutiny of public sector doctors and improve patient care.
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