Doctors push to clear Australia’s elective surgery backlog but ‘exhausted’ nurses want pause to continue
Surgeons say urgent plan needed to restore elective surgery and blanket suspensions should only be a last resort
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Doctors and surgeons are urging state and federal governments to address a backlog in elective surgeries, but nurses in Victoria say the surgery pause should continue to give an “exhausted workforce” some reprieve.
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) both supported state governments that postponed elective surgeries to dedicate resources to Covid-19 and prevent virus patients from overwhelming public hospitals. But in a joint statement, the AMA and RACS said: “This approach is increasingly unsustainable.
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