Doctors alarmed by dollar-obsessed managers undermining care, inquiry told
Meanwhile, doctors' ideas for more efficient patient care are being ignored, anaesthetist Associate Professor Ross Kerridge said in his inquiry submission.
A respected anaesthetist has described his frustrations with a health system that has increasingly sidelined the wisdom of doctors in favour of measures that lead to waste and poor patient outcomes.
Associate Professor Ross Kerridge, a long-time staff anaesthetist at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle, says it is resulting in a culture of antagonism, burnout and “bizarre” inefficiencies.
