NSW frontline medical staff gagged as health system braces for Covid peak

NSW Health and hospital codes of conduct restrict staff from speaking to media, leading to scarce insight into their experiences

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As New South Wales hospitals brace for the peak in admissions and overwhelmed intensive care units next month, the voices of those on the frontline are strangely muted.

Often it is family members, union representatives, professional bodies and patients who are providing a window into what life is like for frontline staff in NSW hospitals.