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The Australian Medical Association has called out the NSW Government for an effective drop in state-wide health funding, as the Western Plains continues to grapple with a shortage of critical health resources and some of the lowest life expectancies in the state.
“This year’s health budget of $31,873 billion is a 2.97% increase on last year’s budget of $30,951 billion,” AMA (NSW) Vice President Dr Fred Betros said.
“It falls below actual health CPI meaning that after health inflation this is an effective loss.
“The budget particularly fails the needs of rural and regional communities by providing limited support for already stretched LHD health budgets in these areas and no effective incentives to retain doctors in regional and rural communities.”…