Ryan Park
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- Hospitals
‘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
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‘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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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- Hospitals
‘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
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- Political expenses
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
- Analysis
- Healthcare
‘Inherent contradiction’: Inside the tent where drugs are legal
A site tucked away near a music festival’s entrance let revellers test for the first time in NSW if the pills they had bought were ‘safe’.
- Angus Thomson
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