‘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.
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Coverage of the South Australian health system, including hospital overcrowding, ambulance ramping and mental health treatment.
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.
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As ‘wave-on-wave’ of Covid hits interstate, should SA be worried?
A new Covid strain that’s caused cause a spike in hospitalisations interstate is in SA, but Professor Nicola Spurrier has reassured South Aussies there’s no need to panic.
SA Health boss goes private over 20,000 stuck in hospital queues
The head of SA’s public hospital system says she’s ordered new measures to free up the system, as tensions simmer between stressed paramedics and ED staff.
Brutal stabbing highlights another deadly side to ramping crisis
People with mental health issues are clogging up emergency departments – often for days – SA’s health minister has admitted.
Ambos v nurses: How ramping is causing conflict in patient care
As elective surgery lists blow out new documents on ramping reveal tensions rising as ambulance officers and ED clinicians try to do their best for patients amid clashes over priorities.
‘Gentle giant’: Former carer’s tribute for Eddie
The 54-year-old who died in excruciating pain after waiting more than 10 hours for an ambulance has been described as a “beautiful man”.
10 hours of agony: Man dies while waiting for ambulance
A disabled eastern suburbs man, 54, has died in excruciating pain after waiting more than 10 hours for an ambulance.
10 hours of agony: Man dies while waiting for ambulance
A man has died in agony waiting more than 10 hours for an ambulance.
Why was he free: Picton won’t admit health system failed Julie
Wednesday’s horror fatal stabbing in Plympton has highlighted SA’s crippling health crisis – but the state’s health minister won’t concede a system failure, calling for a review to decide.
A country practice: SA towns offering cash to lure docs
South Australian GPs have the chance to pocket an extra $10,000 – they’ve just got to go and work in the country. Find out the towns offering doctors a $10k sweetener to settle.
Tributes: ‘The children he helped save will be his enduring legacy’
The children’s lives he saved during their time in critical care will become Dr Michael Jung’s lasting legacy. Read the tributes and leave yours here.
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