Monday, 10 May 2021, 10:50 am
What has a pay freeze got to do with a universal public
health system? Actually quite a lot. Health systems,
especially public hospitals which handle the more complex
and urgent cases that the rest of the system can’t fix,
are by their very nature labour intensive. Overwhelmingly
delayed or denied access to public hospitals are due to
workforce shortages of at least one occupational
group.
To the extent that pay impacts on workforce
morale, retention or recruitment it also impacts on the
accessibility, quality and effectiveness of a health system.
This is no more the case than for medical
What has a pay freeze got to do with a universal public health system? Actually quite a lot. Health systems, especially public hospitals which handle the more complex and urgent cases that the rest of the system canât fix, are by their very nature labour intensive. Overwhelmingly delayed or denied access to public hospitals are due to workforce shortages of at least one occupational group.
To the extent that pay impacts on workforce morale, retention or recruitment it also impacts on the accessibility, quality and effectiveness of a health system. This is no more the case than for medical specialists.
More than 2100 ASMS members took part, the results detailed in a new report,
. The survey found high levels of burnout caused by work-related stress and exhaustion were now an entrenched feature of the senior medical and dental workforce. “As myriad studies have demonstrated there are close associations between burnout and intentions to leave work, suicidal ideation, and quality of patient care.” The report noticed burnout was associated with sleep deprivation, which was related to the likelihood of making “clinically significant errors”. It did not provide a breakdown by ethnicity and acknowledged this was a limitation. Among the survey’s findings were:
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Doctor burnout: One in two suffering - specialist told patients would die if she took a sick day
6 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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One doctor described wanting to die after bosses repeatedly told her patients would die if she took time off work. Photo / Supplied
One doctor described wanting to die after bosses repeatedly told her patients would die if she took time off work. Photo / Supplied
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Medical workloads are so bad thousands of doctors across the country are severely burnt out- to the point one says she became suicidal after repeatedly being told by her bosses that patients would die if she took time off.