Dr Pramudie Gunaratne
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Dr Pramudie Gunaratne
@drpramudie.bsky.social
Psychiatry, Public Health, People Power, Politics, Poetry | NSW Chair @RANZCP | Co-founder @seriphclinics | Research Fellow @UNSW | MD BMed BA MMed MSc FRANZCP GAICD
Relationship counselling for the NSW Public Psychiatrist… @cathywilcox.bsky.social is a national treasure. ❤️
Toxic.
My @smh cartoon.
February 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Instead of burying our head in the sand and continuing to prop up a broken system, Psychiatrists are standing up to a gov that has shown no genuine interest in improving mental health care. #auspol #psychsky @theprojecttv.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hISb...
EXPLAINED: Why NSW Psychiatrists Are Planning A Mass Exodus
YouTube video by The Project
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January 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The human toll of our broken #mentalhealth system is immense and the economic cost of poor care is shocking. There aren't enough locum psychiatrists to fill the existing gaps, let alone the gaps to come when 201 more public psychiatrists resign this month. www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
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January 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
1/14🧵An outstanding 13-part series in The Australian describes our critically overloaded and underfunded #mentalhealth system. See thread below. Australia has one of the world's best healthcare systems - but the plight of those with severe mental illness is "a stain on our nation". #psychsky #auspol
January 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Doctors would not take this sort of action lightly. Resignations by public sector psychiatrists are a sign of how dire the #mentalhealth workforce crisis has become in NSW. #medsky #psychsky #auspol

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Half of NSW's public hospital psychiatrists threatening to resign
NSW's entire hospital system would be put under strain if half of the salaried workforce leave, but many psychiatrists believe it is the only way to get the government's attention, the doctors' union ...
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November 20, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Our public mental health system is crumbling - after decades of neglect and underinvestment, clinicians are at breaking point and choosing to leave the system - without urgent action we cannot turn this tide. #auspol

links.streem.com.au/nt-news-2024...
80pc psychiatrists plan to leave NSW hospitals as mental health ‘catastrophe’ worsens
Just two out of every 10 psychiatrists being trained in the NSW public mental health system are planning on remaining in the state, as experts warn of a looming professional exodus that will create a ...
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September 22, 2024 at 1:31 AM