Families of children involved in the WCH cochlear implant scandal will receive thousands of dollars after a scathing review found problems with the service dating back years.
The angry Health Minister has blasted WCH managers over a plan that effectively bars some obstetricians from performing private patient deliveries.
A distressed teen was held face down and isolated at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in breach of rules, an alarming report has revealed, with his family in despair.
The WCH Paediatric Intensive Care Unit lost its teaching accreditation, but a $20m boost in Thursday’s budget aims to restore it to the highest standards.
Senior WCH doctors will review why a traumatised young boy was forced to wait hours for treatment after being stabbed in a terrifying robbery.
Premier Peter Malinauskas has told the ALP state convention what he really thought when clinicians told him the Thebarton Police Barracks was the best site for a new hospital.
SA children are self-harming in the ED, being sent home in taxis and turned away from hospital, even though mental health beds are available, a report shows.
Parts of the “dilapidated” Adelaide Parklands either off limits or off-putting to visit will be transformed into useable space as part of the new Women’s and Children’s Hospital. See the plans.
A tiny walkway in plans for the nWCH will supposedly connect it to the RAH – but it won’t be used to transport seriously ill patients and won’t connect the hospitals.
A WCH and heritage advocate says the site for the future hospital is the “only place for it” and debates over parklands protection are “all a bit precious”. Do you agree? Join the conversation.
There are calls for the new Women’s and Children’s Hospital plan to be rigorously scrutinised by a parliamentary inquiry.
Premier Peter Malinauskas has spoken out about “minority opinion” infecting political judgments about projects in the state’s long-term interests.
The proposed Women’s and Children’s Hospital has brought into focus the need for a more sophisticated discussion around how we finance major projects, writes Bruce Djite.
The new Women’s and Children’s Hospital will be Australia’s most expensive building – and with a staggering cost per bed revealed to be almost three times more than the RAH.
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