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Health
Alex Mitchell and Emily Verdouw

Mental services need major repair, not short-term fix

A pay dispute is driving almost two-thirds of NSW's public hospital psychiatrists towards resigning. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

A significant lift in funding and long-term reform will be needed to avoid future worker shortages and provide critical mental health services, the incoming head of the sector's peak body says.

As a pay dispute drives almost two-thirds of NSW's public hospital psychiatrists towards resignation, the crisis in Australia's largest health system has fuelled calls for greater national action.

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