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Luke Costin and Alex Mitchell

Half of mental health specialists quit 'broken' system

A union says NSW is losing psychiatrists to other states due to stalled negotiations for better pay. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Public-sector doctors treating the community's most serious mental health needs are resigning en masse over claims of untenable working conditions.

One-half of NSW public psychiatrists have submitted resignations via their union after a year of stalled negotiations to overhaul the sector's funding.

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