Emergency nurse, Kelly Falconer from Wyong ED, called on her fellow nurses to “stand up, unite and fight for the rights of our patients.”

She said she had to tell a packed waiting room they would have to wait 10 hours to see a nurse or doctor.

“Is that appropriate? Is that a world-class health system?” she asked.

“We are nursing patients out in car parks; we have patients in ambulances for three hours.

“We have red waiting rooms. Do you know what they are? They’re park benches out the front of hospitals.”