The government of the Australian state of Victoria’s massive health budget is not delivering a positive outcome for workers, the state’s peak doctors’ union says in its Victorian election statement ahead of the Nov. 26 poll.
The Victorian branch of the Australian Medical Association says healthcare staff burnout continues to remain unaddressed in the post-pandemic period.  AMA Victoria President Roderick McRae argued that the crisis has “built up over decades, across multiple administrations,” mainly due to the lack of “sophisticated, coordinated, long-term planning.” The approach has failed to recognise increasing demand and capacity constraints as systems stretched to cope, he wrote in a Victorian election statement of AMA, which has been sent to parties….