Data reveals demands on NSW hospitals have surpassed COVID pandemic The latest figures released by the Bureau of Health Information paints a picture of a health system which remains under immense pressure with record numbers also recorded in admitted patient episodes.

“In the three-month period, there were 408,518 ambulance calls and 300,367 incidents — the highest number since the bureau began reporting in 2010”
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Emergency wait times blow out as hospitals struggle to discharge patients The number of Australians experiencing lengthy waits in hospital emergency departments for admission to a ward is three times the target set by emergency medicine specialists, according to a new repor...

Was glad to contribute some thoughts to this article by Paige Cockburn on hospital waiting times and the unintegration of AUS health and social care ... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
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