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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Lucy Bladen

More staff could leave as fetal medicine unit contracts for ultrasounds services

The Centenary Hospital for Women and Children's fetal medicine unit lost its training accreditation. Picture by Jeffrey Chan

ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith said authorities would examine how permanent positions within the health public service were being advertised, with four key positions within the fetal medicine unit being outsourced.

The move to contract out those roles has angered unions, who expressed fears this could set a "dangerous precedent" for how the public health system deals with specialist shortages, as more staff have indicated they will resign.

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