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Sydney hospital boss departs after cancer diagnosis delays revealed

The shock announcement came just hours before doctors were due to move a vote of no confidence in his handling of a backlog of patients waiting for diagnostic procedures.

  • Angus Thomson and Kate Aubusson

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Northern Beaches Hospital in Frenchs Forest has been controversial since before it was built.

‘Marred by dysfunction’: Doctors blow whistle as hospital deadline looms

Chronic understaffing and dysfunctional patient record systems at Northern Beaches Hospital have been thrown into the spotlight once again.

  • Angus Thomson and Penry Buckley
Emergency departments in NSW are treating a record number of the most critically ill patients, while wait times have also increased.

‘Beyond comprehension’: The massive blind spot in NSW’s health funding

NSW’s underfunded and overstretched healthcare system risks being overwhelmed by the avalanche of an ageing and chronically ill population who have been failed by the state’s focus on acute hospital beds, a special commission of inquiry has warned.

  • Kate Aubusson
NSLHD board opposes the rezoning of lot 4b for building of Herbert Street precinct.

They wanted a hospital upgrade. A 62-storey apartment tower is proposed instead

The sale of prime public land next to Royal North Shore Hospital has drawn fierce opposition from the community and the hospital’s board, documents reveal.

  • Angus Thomson
Beds were removed from Blacktown Hospital on Thursday amid the doctors’ strike.

In Sydney’s EDs, they took away the beds. But the patients kept coming

Thousands of doctors have returned to work, but their anger with the NSW government has not gone away. Here’s what happens next.

  • Angus Thomson
Index composite tearout of locum doctor job advertisements during three-day strike by members of the Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation (ASMOF) NSW

Emergency beds closed, doctors offered $2000 a day to work as strike begins

Around 370 patients had elective surgeries cancelled as more than 3500 doctors walked off the job on Tuesday.

  • Angus Thomson
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The Sydney hospitals to be hit hardest by three-day doctors’ strike

Surgeries have been cancelled and non-urgent patients told to avoid the state’s emergency departments as hospitals brace for unprecedented industrial action.

  • Angus Thomson
Royal North Shore is among the Sydney hospitals expected to be majorly impacted by the strike.

‘Jeopardise patient safety’: Plea to doctors over three-day strike

The union says staff levels will not drop below public holiday levels, but the health minister says the strike will jeopardise patient safety.

  • Christopher Harris
Elouise and Danny Massa, and their son Joe (left).

‘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
Local Government Minister Ron Hoenig, Health Minister Ryan Park and Attorney-General Michael Daley.

Revealed: The NSW ministers who used drivers for family holidays

Both sides of the political divide will be trying to out-do each other over use of taxpayer-funded chauffeurs.

  • Michael McGowan, Max Maddison and Alexandra Smith

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