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Sydney hospital’s plan to increase mental health beds stymied by psychiatrist shortage, court hears

Campbelltown hospital was due to expand beds for psychiatric patients from 66 to over 100, to deal with district’s larger population

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NSW psychiatrist quit when workload threatened patient safety, court hears

Dr Suzanna Goodison’s evidence before Industrial Relations Commission part of the push by doctors union to stem exodus of specialists from the public system

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Psychiatric care in NSW facing ‘collapse’ because of poor pay and conditions, court hears as arbitration battle begins

At least 10 hospitals in NSW risk being stripped of accreditation to train junior doctors as ‘serious concerns’ raised in Industrial Relations Commission court

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NSW doctors embrace ‘marshmellow’ moniker to highlight ‘catastrophic situation’ in public hospitals

Union says viral email stuff-up downplaying junior doctors’ concerns has become a focal point for what it labels ‘toxic’ and ‘hazardous’ workplace conditions

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Australian hospital manager calls junior doctors ‘a workforce of clinical marshmellows’ in email stuff-up

Health officials rush to apologise as union calls misfired message from administrator ‘tone-deaf’ and ‘unacceptable’

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NSW psychiatrists threatening to resign say it’s not about money - it’s about the ‘collapse’ of the system

Psychiatrists say higher salaries needed to retain doctors and attract new ones to care for mental health patients

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Half of the psychiatrists in NSW’s public service are preparing to resign. Here’s why

Health minister Mark Butler warns of ‘devastating consequences’ for patients and their families if the strike goes ahead

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‘Major crisis’ in NSW mental health care escalates as public psychiatrists prepare to quit en masse

State hospitals face exodus of 150 specialists amid standoff with government over pay

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Pay rise for public doctors heads to arbitration after two years of talks

Negotiations have been ongoing for more than two years.

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Doctors escalate strike by temporarily stopping hospital work this week

There will be 'more and frequent' stoppages: doctors' union

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NSW locum doctors encouraged to wait for ‘crisis rates’ before accepting positions

Submissions to inquiry into healthcare funding call for locums to be employed directly by NSW Health rather than external agencies to avoid ‘price gouging’

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Doctors’ union president apologises after saying incidents of sexual assault in medicine ‘not high’

Dr Antony Sara says it is ‘unacceptable’ that sexual harassment ‘remains distressingly prevalent’ for doctors at work

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Female doctors vulnerable to sexual assault due to hospital work environments, expert says

Dr Louise Stone says victims have spoken of ‘enforced closeness’ of long sessions in operating rooms and the ‘boys’ club culture’ of industry

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'Dangerous precedent': Anger at fetal medicine unit outsourcing

The CPSU has lodged a formal dispute with Canberra Health Services.

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NT Health halts plan to restructure Darwin, Palmerston hospital leadership, citing 'challenges' within the sector

Just months after announcing a plan to remove about 45 people from leadership positions across two of the Northern Territory's largest hospitals, NT Health has told staff the restructure has been put on hold.

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