00:00Please don't do this, remain at the table.
00:06A minister begging and pleading.
00:10Don't do this to patients, don't do this to the healthcare system.
00:15But he might already be too late.
00:17Our mental health system is already in crisis.
00:20A 15 month long stalemate now resulting in a mass exodus.
00:26The mass resignations were brought on by the fact that a third of public sector psychiatrist
00:31positions are currently unfilled in New South Wales, owing largely to pay and condition
00:37disparities with our neighbouring states.
00:40What they are asking for is akin to a roundabout $90,000 increase in their wage.
00:49New South Wales Health has received 203 resignations, more than half of the state's current psychiatry
00:56workforce.
00:57I'm very concerned the impact that this could have on some of the most vulnerable patients
01:02that present to our hospitals.
01:05It's also impacting people across rural and regional New South Wales.
01:11We now have to travel about 120, 130 kilometres for my daughter to see a child and adolescent
01:18psychiatrist.
01:19In a statement, the doctor's union said psychiatrists have been working in a crumbling system and
01:26that the situation is untenable.
01:29This is the latest headache for the state government in its negotiations with various
01:33unions.
01:35The minister has acknowledged that if this dispute isn't resolved, it's likely we'll
01:39see impacts to surgical wards, forensic hospitals and paediatrics.
01:45Commencing on Monday, we will be establishing the Mental Health Emergency Operations Centre.
01:51Women's government now has until the 21st of January to find a solution or end up losing
01:58more doctors.
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