22 January 2025 - media summary

Mental Health Minister Rose Jackson urge public hospital psychiatrists to remain at work amid walkout threat

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/politics/mental-health-minister-rose-jackson-urge-public-hospital-psychiatrists-to-remain-at-work-amid-walkout-threat/news-story/0ea6a1fe7952cf6cc2e88b90a1c49e6a?amp

100 NSW psychiatrists set to resign in the coming weeks

https://thedailyaus.com.au/stories/100-nsw-psychiatrists-set-to-resign-in-the-coming-weeks/

Doctors should take part in acts of civil disobedience to advocate for patients

https://theconversation.com/doctors-should-take-part-in-acts-of-civil-disobedience-to-advocate-for-patients-246007

Judges, doctors warn of unacceptable risk to public safety

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/judges-doctors-warn-of-unacceptable-risk-to-public-safety-20250122-p5l6dd.html

No sign of solution to crisis in NSW Mental Health system

https://www.sydneytimes.net.au/health-medical-news/no-sign-of-solution-to-crisis-in-nsw-mental-health-system/

‘Frightening’: NSW’s crumbling health system could face more resignations

https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/8871817/nsw-psychiatrists-resignations-backed-by-nurses-in-pay-dispute/

Are locum psychiatrists a sustainable solution for NSW

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/are-locum-psychiatrists-a-sustainable-solution-for-nsw/104842702

Psychiatrist mass exodus continues with ‘urgent’ arbitration hearing to fix crisis now eight weeks away

https://www.ausdoc.com.au/news/govt-fails-to-find-a-circuit-breaker-for-psychiatrist-exodus-with-arbitration-hearing-scheduled-for-march/

NSW psychiatric patients told to see their pharmacists

https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/nsw-psychiatric-patients-told-to-see-their-pharmacists/113765

Frontline staff are often unfairly blamed for NSW’s collapsing mental health system, but it is patients who suffer most

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/22/psychiatrist-mass-resignations-australia-nsw-ntwnfb

Private Hospitals Association calling for moratorium on overseas-trained psychiatrists to be lifted

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jan/22/greens-school-pupils-payment-bandt-politics-universities-antisemitism-inquiry?page=with:block-6790604e8f08ab7f174b3eda#block-6790604e8f08ab7f174b3eda

The Guardian Australia Live Timestamp 14.17 AEDT

‘We can’t squeeze blood from bone dry stones forever’

https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/we-cant-squeeze-blood-from-bone-dry-stones-forever/113793