The ACT is "bleeding out" disrespected and exhausted doctors who are sick of stepping in to save "systems that are right on the precipice of failing," representatives say.
Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation (ASMOF) ACT executive officer Tom Fischer said despite retaining more ANU students, doctors were leaving the capital due to low pay and working conditions.
"The cohort has been shrinking because it's bleeding out to [other] places ... the sheer number of hours that each one of those [junior medical officers] is being asked to do seems to be on the increase," Mr Fischer said.
