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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose

‘Everything is on the table’ to address regional NSW healthcare, minister says after scathing report

NSW regional health minister Bronnie Taylor
NSW regional health minister Bronnie Taylor says the state government ‘has listened and accepts that there is a need to do more to improve patient care in regional and rural locations’. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

The New South Wales government will consider all options to improve regional healthcare after a scathing report found doctors had been operating in a “culture of fear” that was leading to poor outcomes for patients.

Speaking after the 322-page report was tabled on Thursday, the state’s regional health minister, Bronnie Taylor, thanked those who gave evidence during the inquiry and said she would spend the next six months going through its recommendations “with a fine-tooth comb”.

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