Some patients wait 6 years to see a public hospital specialist. Here’s how to fix this

By Katherine Harding, Professor of Allied Health and Implementation Science, La Trobe University

ABC analysis shows some patients wait six years or more for outpatient medical appointments in Australia’s public hospital system.

According to the ABC, the delays are longest in parts of South Australia, where some patients waited more than six years to see a neurologist and 5.5 years to see ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialists and gastroenterologists.

In parts of Tasmania, waits for ENT specialists, neurologists and urologists were almost five…

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