DOCTORS’ PRIORITY ISSUES
* More than half of patients waiting for urgent care in emergency departments are not seen within a recommended 30-minute window
* One in three patients languish in emergency departments for more than four hours
* More than 70 per cent of private hospitals are breaking even or losing money
* General practice sector faces a shortage of 10,600 full-time roles within the next decade
PROPOSED HEALTH REMEDIES
* $1 billion commitment from the Australian government to create an independent national health workforce planning agency
* $4.12 billion in federal and state funding to address a backlog of hundreds of thousands of patients waiting on planned surgeries
* More money for general practice trainees
* Solutions for patients discharged from hospital with no safe place to go
Belad Al-karkhey
(Australian Associated Press)
