Revised Budget 2023 must address staff retention in healthcare, says think tank


PETALING JAYA: The Budget 2023 allocations for healthcare must address the problems faced by an overstretched and overworked public healthcare workforce, says a health think tank.

Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy chief executive Azrul Mohd Khalib said that any reduction in the revised Budget 2023 will show up in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases and the government's ability to provide quality care.

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