SA babies most at risk as whooping cough cases explode
Parents have been issued a stark warning after a huge ten-fold surge in cases of potentially deadly whooping cough in South Australia.
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Coverage of the South Australian health system, including hospital overcrowding, ambulance ramping and mental health treatment.
Radical plan to blitz surgery wait times as ramping hits grim milestone
With patients waiting up to six years to see a public hospital specialist, and new horror ramping figures, SA Health is planning to use the private sector in a bold bid to cut wait times.
First look at $51m bid to tackle ramping at QEH
Concrete is being poured on a $51m unit opposite the QEH that’s part of the state government’s push to free up emergency department beds.
Mali’s core failure laid bare in grim ramping reveal
It was the promise that propelled Peter Malinauskas to the Premier’s office, but more than two years on there are ominous signs for SA’s stressed hospitals.
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‘It’s the right time’: SA Health makes big Covid call
Years after interstate health services dropped mandatory Covid vaccination for staff, SA Health has dropped the policy which saw hundreds of staff sacked for refusing the jab.
Shot in the arm for sick health system as nurse placements boom
A new health plan will see thousands of student nurses funded for placements in primary health care settings such as schools, as Medicare rebates for care by nurse practitioners are boosted.
Revealed: $20m hospital ‘crisis’ saviour for Adelaide
Plans have been revealed for a “crisis” centre in Adelaide’s north aimed at reducing huge pressure on the hospital system.
Picton unveils anti-ramping hub in third Adelaide suburb
The Health Minister says the new facility will take pressure off nearby hospitals when patients use it as an alternative to the emergency department.
‘Like being in a war zone’: Staff hit breaking point at under-siege RAH
Another night, another horror show in the Royal Adelaide Hospital emergency department. And medical unions say it’s leaving staff at breaking point.
Adelaide’s newly opened ED already under siege as RAH spills
It didn’t take long for the newly upgraded Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s emergency room to fill up.
Why it’s about to cost more to see a doctor
A new state tax hit on GPs will flow on to embattled EDs from Monday, the Australian Medical Association warn – find out what it means for you.
New mums yet to be told if caught up in due date debacle
Mothers engulfed in an SA Health blunder that miscalculated due dates of their baby’s birth are still yet to know whether they have been adversely affected.
94 recommendations: Report exposes kids’ mental health crisis
A major review into child mental health services has made 94 recommendations to overhaul services, amid a shocking surge in the number of kids in distress.
More payouts loom after huge hospital bungle
The WCH cochlear implant scandal has widened with even more families now eligible to receive a one-off $50,000 payment – and still take legal action.
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