Healthcare system faces meltdown after 200 hospital psychiatrists resign — AusDoc speaks with one of them 

Dr James Lawler says the NSW government has given few clues as to what happens to patients next week.
Dr James Lawler. Photo: Newspix.

The clock is ticking on one of the biggest crises in the Australian public hospital system.

In seven days, more than 200 staff psychiatrists in NSW will resign, leaving just 60 to keep the state’s mental health system running.