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Mel Armstrong’s daughter, Lucy, pictured here with her father, Adam, lives with a serious condition of the large intestine.

Lucy has a serious condition. A clinic that helps her and other children has quietly closed

Parents of sick kids as well as staff at the Royal Children’s Hospital fear a specialist unit that treats complex colorectal conditions has been quietly disbanded.

  • Broede Carmody and Henrietta Cook

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Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson.

Liberals promise 60-bed expansion of Joondalup hospital as Labor tackled ADHD

Currently, only psychiatrists or paediatricians can diagnose ADHD in children and wait times to see them have blown out to almost a year in some cases.

  • Hamish Hastie
The bill could mean an additional 885 MS-2 Step prescribers to help women out of the maze of abrortion access in NSW.

NSW nurses and midwives to prescribe abortion drugs under new bill

Under the changes, nurses and midwives would be able to prescribe abortion medications, while doctors with a conscientious objection would be compelled to refer patients to other services.

  • Kate Aubusson
Liberal leader Libby Mettam and Helping Little Hands chief executive Joanne Beatty flanked by parents of vulnerable newborns.

‘Disrespectful’: Mettam accused of running women’s hospital scare campaign

Flanked by parents of vulnerable newborns Beatty, a vocal opponent of the hospital being built in Murdoch, backed Liberal leader Libby Mettam’s election promise to tear up construction agreements and build it next to Perth Children’s Hospital.

  • Hamish Hastie
Minister for Health Tim Nicholls announces funding for elective surgeries at Greenslopes Private Hospital on Tuesday.

$100m funding boost to funnel public patients through private hospitals

The elective surgery waiting list is expected to be cut by an extra 10,000 patients before July under the plan.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Victoria’s health minister wants to see a 4 per cent improvement in patient offload times by July 1.

Ambos to treat multiple patients more often to reduce ramping

Hospitals have been told to reduce their patient offload times by 4 per cent by the end of this financial year.

  • Broede Carmody
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Declan Lee, from Sydney’s northern beaches, was left on a hospital bathroom floor for several hours because staff were unable to lift him.

On the floor of a Sydney hospital bathroom, Declan lay stranded for hours

Advocates have requested an urgent meeting with the NSW health minister after hearing dozens of hospital horror stories.

  • Angus Thomson
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Rupe’s a shoe-in for best-dressed

While The Donald goes ga-ga 68 years too late.

The Redlands Satellite Hospital, one of seven across Queensland, opened its doors in August 2023.

No extra funding for Queensland Health to rename satellite hospitals

The LNP promised to rename satellite hospitals to provide more clarity over their role, and the Crisafulli government has settled on a new name.

  • Sean Parnell
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Kitchen counterfeiters overstay their welcome

Time to quit mocking about.

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