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Duncan Murray

NSW needs to 'catch up' on mental health services

The inquiry was told a major investment is needed to provide the mental health care people deserve. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

High rates of staff burn-out and lower funding levels than other states are impacting mental health services in NSW and costing those in need.

Doctors, nurses and psychiatrists weighed in on Monday at the second day of hearings at a NSW parliamentary inquiry into the availability and quality of mental health care.

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