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"Emergency physicians are planning to leave the profession in overwhelming
numbers after years of patient overcrowding and excessive stress, raising
serious concerns about the future of Australia’s already short-staffed
emergency departments.
A new report by the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) found
close to two in five emergency doctors plan to leave in the next 10 years,
including younger doctors decades away from retirement.
One in five respondents aged under 50 said they were “likely” or “very likely”
to quit – a rate that has doubled in less than 10 years, according to the
report released on Wednesday.
Unsustainable workplace conditions were the most common reason for those
considering leaving, while almost three in four emergency physicians planned to
cut down their hours.
ACEM president Dr Peter Allely said a shrinking emergency physician workforce
was a “very real threat” and staff shortages would worsen as the number of
emergency department presentations rises.
“We’re seeing people in corridors, in chairs, in the [ambulance] bay,” Allely
said. “It’s the moral injury that we face day-to-day of not being able to give
the best possible care because we don’t have the space.”
Allely said the rising tide of overcrowding had become so normalised that its
impact on staff burnout and patient care wasn’t being properly addressed."
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