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EXCLUSIVE: More than 60 per cent of South Australian hospital doctors surveyed feel pressured to discharge patients before they are medically ready, with one clinician reporting a death soon after.
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Dozens of patients were still waiting for a bed in the Royal Adelaide Hospital’s emergency department this morning, despite hospital management taking the “very unusual” step of declaring an internal “major emergency” yesterday to try to clear the backlog.
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UPDATED: A secret savings plan is being prepared by SA Health with consultant firm KordaMentha to axe staff including doctors and nurses from Adelaide hospitals, according to clinicians who say the system cannot cope with any further cuts.
The overcrowding crisis in Adelaide’s hospitals has deepened, with clinicians reporting an “unprecedented” number of patients in emergency departments this morning and multiple mental health patients waiting more than 60 hours for a bed.
A regional hospital operated for two days over Easter “without a single doctor”, with the nurses union declaring the situation “a new low for healthcare in this state”.
A Productivity Commission report into Australia’s $115 billion a year health system provides a mass of data but raises many questions about spending, priorities and accountability, argue Stephen Duckett and Anika Stobart.
