NSW patients heading to emergency departments during the pandemic were generally happy with thecare they received but one in five say their medical advice didn't add up.
The Bureau of Health Information surveyed almost 21,000 patients admitted to 77 large emergency departments across urban and rural NSW from mid-2020, at the height to the pandemic, to mid-2021.
It found 90 per cent of patients said the care given to them by doctors and ED staff was good or very good but about 20 per cent said they received "contradictory" information about their condition or treatment.
