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Doctors to Walk Out as Fears over Patients' Safety Grow
Up to 10,000 doctors could stop work as unions seek a 28% pay rise and new limits on shifts and night work.
- On Thursday, October 1, up to 10,000 doctors across Victoria's public hospitals will stop work for four hours, marking the first statewide strike in 20 years over stalled pay and workplace conditions negotiations.
- Negotiations have stalled for 14 months without a single written offer from the Government, as doctors cite exhaustion from 84-hour weeks and systemic fatigue that poses an unacceptable risk to patient safety.
- Unions are demanding a 12.5-hour cap on shifts, a limit of four consecutive night shifts down from seven, and a 28 per cent pay rise over four years to ensure sustainable working conditions.
- Shadow Health Minister Georgie Crozier rejected claims the Government was acting in good faith, claiming it prioritised "their mates in the Big Build" over frontline workers, while Victorian Health Minister Ingrid Stitt insisted hospitals are prepared to manage disruptions.
- Emergency departments will remain exempt from the strike with staffing kept above Saturday levels to maintain patient safety, while elective surgeries may face disruptions during the four-hour action.
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Victorian hospital doctors to hold strike
Doctors at Victorian public hospitals will walk off the job this week for the first time in decades.
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Doctors set to strike | Brimbank & North West
Doctors will walk off the job statewide four-hour strike across Victoria’s entire public hospital system this week. On Thursday 1 October, doctors will walk off the job for four hours from 1.30pm to 5.30pm to rally outside parliament. Emergency departments will be exempt from the strike and staffing will remain above Saturday levels, with the […] The post Doctors set to strike appeared first on Brimbank & North West
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