'Chronic understaffing': Obstetrics, gynaecology hospital dept at risk

The Centenary Hospital for Women and Children. Picture by Elesa Kurtz

The obstetrics and gynaecology department at Canberra's women and children's hospital is at risk of losing its training accreditation as it suffers from chronic understaffing and high levels of burnout, a review has said.

The damning draft review of the department found it failed to meet most of the required standards needed to maintain its training accreditation.