When appropriately delivered and resourced, this significant investment will help reduce pressure on struggling hospital systems, and contribute towards the provision of a better, fairer health system for the people of South Australia.
The College urges the Government to ensure that all funding is delivered with a simultaneous focus on ensuring appropriate and sustainable workforce resourcing, and that continued engagement with frontline clinicians on implementing solutions to hospital overcrowding must underpin investments.
ACEM South Australian Chair Dr Michael Edmonds thanked the South Australian Government for delivering on their pre-electoral health pledges and committed to supporting the Minister for Health and Wellbeing, The Honorable Chris Picton MP, and other key health stakeholders, in the next steps forward.
Dr Edmonds said, “The Malinauskas Government listened to healthcare workers, campaigned on a health platform, and won the 2022 state election. Our next question was, will they deliver on their promises? The health focus of the 2022 budget shows that they’re willing to invest to achieve these outcomes.”
“South Australian emergency doctors welcome the $2.4 billion investment into health and stand ready to work with the Government to co-create a health system that truly meets the needs of South Australians, and the healthcare workers that work within it.”
“Healthcare workers are the most important part of the health system and genuine sustainability of the health workforce must be the most important focus moving forward.”
During the 2022 election campaign, ACEM significant investment into the beleaguered SA health system, including at least 200 new hospital beds and at least 145 dedicated mental health beds. The College the Malinauskas Government’s health promises and .
The College continues to draw attention to the healthcare emergency being experienced across every state and territory in Australia, and is the federal government to lead all health stakeholders in nationwide health reform.
Background:
ACEM is the peak body for emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand, responsible for training emergency physicians and advancement of professional standards.
