New South Wales union calls for royal commission into health spending 'mismanagement'

New South Wales paramedic Tess Oxley said her colleagues were moving to Queensland or Victoria, where they could earn almost 35 per cent more. (ABC News: Niall Lenihan)

A New South Wales paramedic and Health Services Union (HSU) delegate says it has become "the norm" for patients to be forced to wait for an ambulance for an hour or more.

Campbelltown paramedic Tess Oxley is one of a number of public health employees speaking out about the impact of what the HSU describes as mismanagement and poor funding allocation in the health system.