Public hospital psychiatrists to receive 20% pay rise after winning dispute with NSW Health
State’s Industrial Relations Commission hands down decision after 200 doctors threatened to resign in January
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The New South Wales Industrial Relations Commission has handed down a decision finding that the state’s psychiatrists should receive a 20% pay increase.
The case comes after 200 psychiatrists threatened to resign in January, saying it was not about the money but being unable to continue working in a system causing them moral injury, knowing they were providing substandard care to their patients when one in three permanent psychiatrists positions were vacant.