A third 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.
As a nurse, she watched her colleagues in the emergency department face wave after wave of sick and injured patients. Then, when her own mental health rapidly declined, and she ended up involuntarily admitted through the Shellharbour hospital
Health authorities have urged anyone needing emergency care not to avoid seeking help, but warn services will be affected by the resignations. When psychiatrists first threatened their resignations in October, they agreed they would be willing to withdraw if all psychiatrists employed by NSW Health were paid a level 4 salary with maximum drawings.Based on the 2023 award, that would mean all publicly employed psychiatrists were paid at least $273,000 a year.Psychiatrists are doctors who have specialised in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.
Mental Health Minister Rose Jackson said there would be less of an impact on regional areas because they already relied on a contract workforce of locums and visiting medical officer doctors.
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