Emergency departments are under pressure. Chronic staff shortages, access block and other problems are increasingly affecting the ability of medical and nursing staff to treat patients
On 23 September 2007, The Age (Melbourne) reported a leaked letter to the Victorian Health Minister from Dr Andrew Buck, an emergency registrar, who described compromised patient care in the overcrowded and understaffed emergency department (ED) at Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne.1
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