NSW health system failing rural and regional residents, report finds

Issues include understaffing, poor access to services and discrimination towards First Nations people seeking medical help

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People in rural New South Wales have significantly poorer health outcomes" due to a system that is failing" them, according to a scathing report handed to the state government on Thursday.

The report included 44 recommendations to fix the healthcare system in rural, regional and remote areas which it found was in crisis".

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