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Psychiatrist body holds firm on 25% pay bid but NSW Health says shortages are ‘more nuanced’

Legal action argues for pay rise to tackle staff shortages while health department says a ‘more nuanced response’ is required

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Psychiatrists warn new mental health unit at Westmead could be an ‘empty shell’ as workforce dispute drags on

As work begins on the facility, doctors say it will be ‘a waste of money’ if the government does not address staff shortages

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With a drip in his arm, this patient came out of a Sydney hospital to support striking doctors

Tuesday is the first of three days of industrial action being taken by public sector doctors in NSW

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Why are doctors striking in NSW – and will it affect your hospital visit?

The doctors’ union has called a strike from Tuesday to Thursday this week amid breakdowns in pay negotiations with the NSW government. Here’s what you need to know

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Strike 'dangerous for patients', risky for doctors

The risk of doctors striking is proving difficult to forecast but surgery cancellations and understaffed emergency departments are expected.

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'Play by the rules': union lashed for doctors strike

Under criticism by a court, a doctors union has been urged to put patient safety first by halting proposed strikes and returning to the negotiating table.

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Doctors in NSW public hospitals threaten three-day strike over pay dispute, defying ban

State government warns industrial action could halt elective surgeries, as doctors seek pay rise of up to 30%

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RPA hospital closes HIV psychiatry clinic with 200 patients after staff resignations

Exclusive: Former staff tell Guardian Australia some HIV patients have since required acute mental health care, as hospital also loses specialist pain and eating disorder psychiatry services

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Scalpels down as doctors plan rare strike over pay rise

Doctors in dozens of hospitals are set to walk off the job for the first time in more than 25 years, causing another headache for patients and officials.

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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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New $5 banknote to honour First Nations connection to Country; Dutton calls for crackdown on CFMEU ‘corruption’ – as it happened

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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

The Canberra Times

'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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