# AMA worried about hospital bed blocks, NDIS reforms

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Podcast: [Radio National Breakfast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-national-breakfast-572135)
Published: 2026-05-14T20:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/health-budget-hospitals-ndis-ama-disability-aged-care/106681356
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## Resource

The federal government says this week's budget delivers "significant investments and critical reforms" to health and aged care ... But new figures this week reveal the scale of so-called 'bed blocks' — with some 33-hundred aged care patients left stranded in public hospitals. GUEST: Dr Julian Rait, Vice President of the Australian Medical Association PRODUCER: Jason Whittaker

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