Experts worry that a “culture of fear” within the New South Wales health system will not be stamped out and patients will be at risk, after the state government ruled out the creation of a new independent watchdog as recommended by a recent inquiry.
Handing down its response to the damning parliamentary inquiry into regional health on Thursday, the government said it supported in part, or in full, 41 of 44 recommendations, and “noted” the remaining three.
