Campbelltown hospital was due to expand beds for psychiatric patients from 66 to over 100, to deal with district’s larger population
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A Sydney hospital could not follow through on a significant expansion of its mental health beds due to shortages of psychiatrists, a court has heard.
Dr Brett Oliver, director of medical services for the South Western Sydney Local Health District, appeared on Wednesday as a witness for NSW Health on day three of its arbitration with the doctors’ union in Sydney’s industrial relations commission (IRC) court.
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