1-31 May 2025
- Jun 11, 2025
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Weekend 03/05 Media Summary
Most of the last few weeks have been swallowed up by the Federal Election, so state matters such as the dire state of public health and issues with NSW psychiatrists, doctors, nurses and allied health aren't getting a whole lot of air time.
Any wonder that Chris Minns, Rose Jackson and Ryan Park decided to use Federal shenanigans as cover to drop in the news that they've been busy on the tools to give our colleagues and our patients at WSLHD a shiny new building:
Never-mind that there is still no plan for how to run all these new services with insufficient staff keeping shiny new buildings empty everywhere you turn:
And just in case you didn't know, Mr Minns took the opportunity to shout from the rooftops that he's looking after workers' in NSW:
We're just over halfway through the NSW Parliamentary term, and the next NSW Election will be on 13 March 2027.
Tuesday 6/05 Media Summary
Political cynicism and Band-Aid solutions miss key point of our health system dilemma
NSW Psychiatrists IRC Update - Day 7 on Wednesday 07/05
The IRC met once more at the Industrial Court of NSW in Health Secretary, Ministry of Health v Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation (New South Wales) and Psychiatry Staff Specialists Attraction and Retention (State) Interim Award 2025
No specific comment here so as not to interfere with the IRC's deliberation process
Closing submissions on June 19. We will await a decision from the full bench after this.
Thursday 08/05 Media Summary
A few items relating to the broader doctors strike were published yesterday.
ABC 7:30 Report - VIDEO: 'Exodus' of doctors from NSW's 'toxic' health system
This young doctor says the public health system has become 'toxic' and fears it could kill him
Video: The Weekly with Charlie Pickering 7 May 2025 - NSW Doctors Strike
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