{"id":33285,"date":"2015-03-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/health-confusion-scaring-medicos\/"},"modified":"2015-03-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T00:00:00","slug":"health-confusion-scaring-medicos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/health-confusion-scaring-medicos\/","title":{"rendered":"Health confusion \u2018scaring\u2019 medicos"},"content":{"rendered":"

People aren\u2019t sure where to go \u201cand that\u2019s scaring the community and its scaring our medical officers as well,\u201d says Bernadette Mulholland from the SA Salaried Medical Officers Association.<\/h3>\n

The Government has flagged changes to a number of hospital emergency departments as part of their Transforming Health plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re yet to have any detail and any clarity around what each of those emergency departments will actually provide,\u201d Ms. Mulholland said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere patients will need to go, how ambulances will determine where the appropriate care is for the patients within the ambulances,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

Ms. Mulholland said medical officers were struggling with the lack of detail.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is absolutely confusing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the message out there is almost, \u2018Trust us, we\u2019ll work through this,\u2019 but unfortunately people actually need details to be able to understand what the processes are.\u201d<\/p>\n

LISTEN to the full interview here:<\/strong><\/p>\n