Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet premiers and chief ministers on Friday in Sydney for a national cabinet meeting where plans to lock in a five-year hospital funding agreement are on the table. It's not easy to get national cabinet together." Australian Medical Association president Danielle McMullen said funding for hospitals could not be left on "auto-pilot". "More funding to 'just keep pace' will not lessen wait lists ... what matters with hospital funding is the fine print," she said. Dr McMullen called for an increase of up to $40 billion to bring the federal government's contribution to 45 per cent of hospital funding by 2030.