Keeping staff on digital leash pushes mental and physical health
As the Christmas break looms, researchers are urging South Australian workers to digitally detox and resist the compulsion to answer work calls, texts and emails while on leave.
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Hospital staff, Port cricketer test positive for Covid
Eight cricket club matches were cancelled on Saturday after a double vaxxed Port Adelaide Cricket Club player tested positive to Covid – and some staff from Memorial Hospital are in quarantine.
Pay boost for thousands of SA foster carers
Thousands of foster and kinship carers will get a pay boost from January – the biggest increase in more than a decade.
Fireys warned on vax privacy, as a city pub mandates jabs
SA’s firefighters’ union has told its members to be cautious in giving their vaccination status to the MFS. Meanwhile, a city pub has introduced a no jab, no entry policy.
Clock ticking for Glenelg private hospital that needs $8m lifeline
The not-for-profit Glenelg Community Hospital has cared for patients for 71 years, but a looming legal deadline for an expensive upgrade puts its future in grave doubt.
Tragic death reveals frontline staff fight with ‘no help’
A young man’s suicide exposes a desperate situation in SA communities, the deputy coroner has warned, and open borders could unleash new stresses.
Abused, forgotten – and now facing one last terrifying ordeal
Adelaide grandfather Peter Arbon is a Forgotten Australian. His trauma from childhood abuse runs deep … and at age 73, he now faces a frightening dilemma.
Euthanasia is now legal in SA – so why can’t I die?
Julie Barrien has cancer. She’s about to finish her final round of chemo. Now she’s pleading with SA Health to bring in the laws to allow her to end her life.
Man killed on quadbike, 16yo motorcyclist critically injured
A man in his 70s was killed in a quadbike accident on a private property in the Adelaide Hills, while a teenager is fighting for life after crashing his motorbike at Felixstow.
Hundreds of unvaxxed healthcare staff – but Wade not worried
A disturbing number of healthcare staff across the state have refused to be vaccinated, with many stood down. But the Health Minister says that’s just 1 per cent of the total workforce.
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