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Emergency doctors at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital say a chronic lack of resourcing is putting children’s lives at risk and urgent action must be taken before “the system fails completely”.
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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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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 Marshall Government has been forced to extend its consultation on the new Women’s and Children’s Hospital, after clinicians refused to sign off on key design plans for the build, citing inadequate consultation and a lack of information about the proposed services.
EXCLUSIVE | SafeWork SA has been asked to investigate conditions inside the Royal Adelaide Hospital after snap inspections of the crowded emergency department discovered “clinical risk”, distressed staff and patients, and clinicians at “breaking point”, confidential documents obtained by InDaily reveal.
Up to 10 patients a day who may have “committed violent crimes” are being turned away from the state’s specialist forensic psychiatric facility due to a lack of beds – and are being kept under guard in emergency departments and hospital wards.
Junior doctors in South Australia are “strongly considering” launching a class action against SA Health for systemic “wage theft” over “unpaid overtime”, following similar legal moves interstate.
