No matter where we visit, you have told us that when someone you love is injured or sick, you want them to have the very best healthcare as soon as possible and close to home.
But right now, our healthcare system is in crisis.
We need more than band-aid solutions. We need a Fresh Start Plan for better healthcare.
Labor will rebuild and retain our health workforce by introducing enforceable minimum Safe Staffing Levels in our public hospitals and hiring an additional 500 paramedics in rural and regional NSW.
We’ll expand hospital capacity and deliver over 600 new hospital beds in Western Sydney, delivering a brand new 300 bed hospital for Rouse Hill, upgrade Canterbury, Fairfield, Mount Druitt and Blacktown Hospitals, and open the new Eurobodalla Hospital at Level 4 capacity – with more announcements to come.
We’ll invest $100 million over five years to boost the funding to Women’s Health Centres and make NSW the first state in Australia where every person experiencing breast cancer can access a free breastcancer nurse.
And that’s just the start. Labor will ensure that everyone in NSW gets world-class healthcare when and where they need it.