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Health
Luke Costin

Resignations puts private mental health care in play

Mental health patients are waiting too long for help, a peak body for Australian psychiatrists says. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

Sending mentally unwell patients for involuntary treatment in private hospitals remains on the table, after more than 110 public psychiatrists quit.

The mental health doctors were among 206 of the 292-strong NSW workforce to threaten to quit in January over extensive concerns with pay, vacancies and care quality.

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