As Australian doctors strike for safer working conditions – and are publicly undermined or quietly punished for doing so – I have to ask: who exactly are we keeping safe?
The doctor strikes in New South Wales this week, after the recent mass resignations of the NSW psychiatry workforce, aren’t just localised workforce disputes. They should be seen for what they are – a national red flag waved by those at the coalface of a health system being pushed to the edge – and it should concern every single one of us who might one day need care.
