With record levels of COVID-19 hospitalisations, staff shortages and funding issues, healthcare workers say Australia's health system is on the brink of collapse.
“We need to replenish our health and aged care workforce, ensuring we are identifying, training and recruiting doctors and nurses for Australia,” the government said.
Record COVID-19 hospitalisations are simply the “straw that broke the camel’s back” of a healthcare system that has been in disrepair for years, he said. “It means that winter is a much more difficult time to deal with, and it's going to be almost impossible if we're going to continue to have high rates over winter,” Professor Bennett said.
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