Hospitals
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‘Unprecedented’: NSW doctors to defy court order and strike for three days
The union wants a 30 per cent pay rise and working conditions that better address worker fatigue.
- Angus Thomson
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- Queensland Health
One in five reports of sexual harassment at Qld Health took 200 days to resolve
A review of workplace sexual violence in the health system found victims’ needs were routinely overlooked, with some reports taking more than a year to resolve.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
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- Hospitals in crisis
‘It’s getting worse and worse’: Dying Perth mother stuck in ED for 36 hours
She posted a video after hospital staff were forced to park her at the end of a hallway and put up a makeshift curtain while they waited for a bed in a ward.
- Sarah Brookes
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‘This should never have happened’: Why almost 100 admissions only made Bec sicker
Bec was admitted to hospital almost 100 times from age 19. There was nowhere safe for her to get better.
- Kate Aubusson
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- Healthcare
Fears wording of new bill could result in fewer nurses in ICU
Three peak healthcare bodies say that the Victorian government’s draft laws would not stop hospitals from cutting up to three senior nurses per day in the state’s largest ICUs compared to current industry standards.
- Broede Carmody and Kieran Rooney
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- State Parliament
‘It hasn’t worked for Joe’: The law change that will end the Northern Beaches Hospital model
The parents of Joe, who died at the controversial hospital, have welcomed a major shake-up that will reset “our moral compass”.
- Michael McGowan, Angus Thomson and Frances Howe
Two new Melbourne hospitals were built months ago – but locals still can’t use them
Two of the 10 community hospitals promised by the state government in 2018 have been built but remain largely non-operational, frustrating locals who want to start using them.
- Broede Carmody and Adam Carey
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- Healthcare
Hospital patients lose free family accommodation for new apartments
The Victorian government stripped free housing from breast cancer patients and parents of ICU babies months ago, with no alternative system in place.
- Sophie Aubrey
Sydney nurse to fight charges over antisemitic video
An entourage of supporters accompanied the two nurses as they appeared at the Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday morning.
- Sally Rawsthorne and Daniel Lo Surdo
Revealed: The NSW patients waiting the longest for surgery
The number of patients overdue for elective surgery in the state’s public hospitals has tripled as waiting lists reach levels not seen since the COVID pandemic.
- Angus Thomson
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