This was a fascinating transparent governance process to watch & learn from. The report is equally interesting reading. Lots to learn from. There are however, lots & lots of important reviews gathering dust on shelves. 1/

parliament.nsw.gov.au/committees/inq… “🏥 occupancy rates are too high. When 🏥 operate constantly at 100% occupancy, they cannot admit patients from EDs during ‘surge’ periods or times of unexpected demand.. an ED operates 24 hrs a day, 7 days a wk, while the rest of the 🏥 operates for considerably fewer hours.” 2/

There are alarm bells being sounded regarding data on #chestpain presentations in VIC. A 🧵/ Last yr many at the front line, escalated our concerns about massively ⬆️ post #COVID vaccination #chestpain presentations. These were largely benign, extremely rarely not, enormously resource consuming & real & scary for our community who have been taught to fear chest pain. 2/

Dear anyone with authority who will listen - it isn’t feasible to mandate school attendance for children in a system that is now entirely reliant delivery from parents, working from home or away from the home in essential services (me).

The following is more realistic A friend of mine sent me the email they recieved from their school principle - I share it with you, because I think it is a sentiment sorely missing;