3 - 9 February 2025 - media summary for the week
- Feb 19, 2025
- 2 min read
3 February 2025
Psychiatrists in NSW threaten to resign over a pay dispute - MJA Insight
ABC Afternoons with James Valentine
Timestamp 1:34
Feat Dr Ian Hickie & Dr Katie Goodie
Do we pay mental health workers enough? - Triple J Hack
Feat Dr Pramudie Gunaratne
There are also explainers in Sinhalese and Filipino on SBS Languages
Sinhalese
Filipino
4 January 2025
Mental health minister battling psychiatrists in pay dispute told to quit after $750 Aus Day chauffeur trip
SBS Languages Explainer Indonesion Bahasa
5 January 2025
Comments from the Federal Health Minister Mark Butler (signalling perhaps?)
Federal funding growth caps ‘encourage efficient delivery’ of hospital services: Butler
'Facing the scrapheap’: Volume of mental health assistance ‘overwhelming’ the system - Sky News
Feat Prof Pat McGorry
The NSW psychiatry registrars left behind: ‘We’ll be propping up a broken system. We won’t be learning’
Junior doctors threaten strike action in NSW
6 January 2025
Nurses join psychs demanding urgent mental health boost
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Australian state government deepens attack on public sector mental health care
7 January 2025
With NSW's public mental health system at crisis point, Rose Jackson’s long lunch could be the least of her worries
Stateline interview - Rose Jackson discusses NSW's psychiatrist exodus
6 minute video. starts speaking about psychiatrists at 2:40
'More than 500 patients each.' A mental health emergency is unfolding in NSW.
Feat Anonymous Registrar
Mental healthcare needs structural reform, not Band-Aid solutions
Feat Prof. Ian Hickie
8 February 2025
One-third of New South Wales' resigning psychiatrists rehired as visiting medical officers
Featuring Government accountants who failed maths
On the floor of a Sydney hospital bathroom, Declan lay stranded for hours
Mentions events at Northern Beaches MHSSU
ABC Health Report Mailbag: Psychiatrist fallout and breast density
Covers training impact. Less than 2 minutes.
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