Doctors Underwhelmed by Emergency Department Review

Doctors Underwhelmed by Emergency Department Review
An ambulance is parked in front of the Emergency and Trauma service at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, on July 21, 2022. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images
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A review into Tasmania’s hospital emergency departments misses key areas, Australia’s peak medical organisation says, insisting state and federal government must do more to improve services.

The state’s health system was struggling under pressures of affordability, staffing and under-resourcing, Australian Medical Association (AMA) Tasmania spokesman Michael Lumsden Steel said.