The nation’s first mental health care centre in Adelaide won’t get extra federal funds to open 24/7, as experts and advocates now look to next month’s state budget for additional dollars.
Running a city is a big job but Adelaide Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor says it was motherhood that gave her the skills she needed to tackle it.
There are fears of a complete system collapse when homeless people put even more pressure on SA’s struggling EDs after government funding cuts.
An urgent State Government mental health response is expected to help relieve mounting pressure on Adelaide EDs despite criticism by a whistleblower.
New figures show a mental health bottleneck of 1446 SA patients who are waiting more than 24 hours in emergency departments for a suitable bed.
Ceara Rickard wants to flip the euthanasia stereotype. She has terminal cancer – but wants to die laughing and crying with her family in Adelaide.
South Australia’s latest euthanasia Bill is the 17th attempt in 25 years to get assisted dying laws changed. See how our MPs will vote.
An ED patient was left waiting 94 hours for a mental health bed, it’s been revealed, as a pivotal meeting sat to figure out how to fix the system.
Today former political adversaries have united to back SA’s 17th chance to legalise euthanasia in 25 years – and this time, they say, is their best chance.
Brett Schatto has lived through extraordinary loss and knows about using resilience. He says adopting that mindset will help people get through the pandemic.
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