Major crisis in NSW mental health care escalates as public psychiatrists prepare to quit en masse

New South Wales risks losing 150 psychiatrists in a matter of weeks if the health department fails to reach negotiations with the union, as a “major crisis” in mental health care escalates. On Friday, the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (NSW IRC) issued a direction to union members to delay any resignation notices until 15 January next year, as it remained in a standoff with the state government over pay disputes. It followed a mass meeting of the Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation (ASMOF) of NSW on 16 December, in which 150 psychiatrist staff specialists indicated they would be directly submitting

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