‘We are not crippling the system, the system is already broken’, Psychiatrist body says

Psychiatry bodies insist they are not crippling NSW's "already broken" mental health provisions. Video by AAP

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00:00Unfortunately, our advocacy has resulted in no tangible action from this government.

00:08Psychiatrists have been forced to take the only measure left to them in the face of 15 months of getting nowhere.

00:18This government has absolutely no viable plan for how to bring back our mental health workforce

00:26and New South Wales continues to have the lowest per capita investment in mental health.

00:32Our services and staffing are threadbare and the government does not seem to care.

00:39We are not crippling the system, the system is already broken.