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The Sydney hospitals overspending by $9 million a month
Staff at three Sydney hospitals have threatened to take industrial action unless the NSW government reverses job cuts they say will put patients at risk.
- by Angus Thomson
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Medical imaging delays add to bed lock pain at WA hospitals
Long wait times for medical imaging is putting lives at risk, says the Health Services Union WA.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Opinion
Perth
I spent five days in hospital waiting for an MRI. WA’s health system is at breaking point
It was on day four of trying to get an MRI as an inpatient at Fiona Stanley Hospital that one of my nurses broke down in tears in my cubicle.
- by Sophie McNeill
AI is just what the overworked, burnt-out doctor ordered
Advocates of the use of artificial intelligence say the technology could transform a health system in crisis, by reducing wait lists and staff burnout.
- by Angus Delaney and Kayla Olaya
Concerns were raised before hospital deaths report, says expert
Three people died by suicide and two survived attempts at Prince Charles Hospital’s mental health unit in Brisbane between December 2022 and April 2024, triggering the independent review.
- by Savannah Meacham and Fraser Barton
Ask parents about concerns, coroner tells hospitals after finding toddler’s death preventable
A Victorian coroner says the 2021 death of Noah Souvatzis after a visit to an understaffed regional hospital should prompt medical staff to pay more attention to parents’ concerns.
- by Erin Pearson
Devastated Perth parents slam findings over their toddler son’s death
The family of 21-month-old Sandipan Dhar, who died from undiagnosed leukemia, are rejecting Ramsay Health Care’s finding that he received “appropriate” care.
- by Holly Thompson
Opinion
Opinion
Funding alone is not the magic bullet in fixing Victoria’s hospital crisis
No amount of funding will improve service delivery if we cannot find nurses to fill positions under current conditions and improve healthcare culture.
- by John Wilson
The longest surgery wait list, budget cuts and a disputed $500m hospital fix
Anger is boiling over in Albury-Wodonga, where the waiting list for planned surgery is already the worst in regional Victoria.
- by Benjamin Preiss
Coming to a hospital near you: People to be filmed in bodycam trial
Health Minister Ryan Park, announcing the plan to give security guards body-worn cameras, said the upwards trend in physical attacks was unacceptable.
- by Christopher Harris
‘I still hope it’s all a dream’: Woman grieves baby’s death at Joondalup hospital
A bereaved woman whose baby Amir died in the hours between his induction and his birth at Joondalup Health Campus says she still has “no answers” from the staff.
- by Emma Young
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