NSW psychiatrists have been awarded a pay increase amid complaints of a broken mental health system. Photo: Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS

Psychiatrists working in Australia's largest public health system will get a temporary pay bump following mass resignations, but the issues facing a "broken" mental health care system remain.

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The NSW wages umpire on Friday awarded a special allowance to the state's public psychiatrists, providing a 20 per cent pay bump for 12 months in a bid to attract and retain staff.

It comes after a long-running dispute, which included more than 200 psychiatrists th

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