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Sarah Dalton: Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Executive Director on Labour's plan to cut down ED wait times
A health sector leader's praising Labour's plan to get our emergency departments into recovery mode but says there are still gaps.
The party's released its plan combining all their health election policies, including three free GP visits, a stock take of empty hospital beds, and training more extended care paramedics.
Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Executive Director Sarah Dalton told Andrew Dickens there's a lot to like, but as with other parties, it doesn't address the need for more senior hospital doctors.
She says the hospital flow component of this policy makes sense, apart…
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