These NSW doctors warned of a fractured system and now half have quit
Half the state’s public psychiatrists have resigned as the Bondi Junction attack inquest shines a spotlight on chronically understaffed mental health units.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Menopause
How Reena found relief when GPs hesitated to treat her symptoms
When Reena needed help, her doctors hesitated. A menopause and mood hub in Sydney will provide expert care to women navigating hormonal change.
- by Kate Aubusson
Cylas stops breathing every night. This year, more than 26,000 children caught the same disease
Australia is experiencing its worst whooping cough epidemic on record driven by a rise in cases among children as vaccination rates dip.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Mental health
Why October 7 was the busiest day for this crisis service
Record numbers of people in financial distress are calling a suicide prevention helpline as cost of living pressures take a serious toll on mental health.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Hospitals
Backlog of thousands of MRI scans threatens missed diagnoses
Up to 3000 MRI scans at Westmead Hospital are waiting up to two months to be processed, putting patients at risk of diagnosis and treatment delays.
- by Kate Aubusson
Coatsworth says pandemic lockdowns eroded trust as Sutton admits mistakes
Former Victorian chief health officer Brett Sutton admits he failed to explain why COVID lockdowns were necessary.
- by Olivia Ireland and Kate Aubusson
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Hospitals in crisis
‘No one had the staff to let me have a baby’: Women forced to drive hours to give birth
A major NSW birthing hospital is repeatedly going on “bypass”, forcing pregnant and labouring women to travel hundreds of kilometres to Newcastle to give birth.
- by Kate Aubusson
‘Absolutely devastated’: Central Coast’s only private maternity service to close
Gosford Private Hospital is closing its maternity services. It’s the latest in a string of private maternity hospital closures amid rising private healthcare costs and declining birth rates.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Healthcare
Australia could save $7 billion by turning homes into hospitals
Leonard’s home became his hospital, complete with his wife, his own bed and his dog.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Hospitals in crisis
Doctors threaten mass resignation amid worsening crisis
Psychiatrists have warned that chronic understaffing of the public mental health system is risking patient safety as they fight for a 30 per cent pay rise.
- by Kate Aubusson and Angus Thomson
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Breast cancer
Lisa’s cancer was ‘forgotten in the sea of celebratory pink’. Now she has been counted
NSW researchers believe 7900 people may live with metastatic breast cancer in their state alone, in the first attempt to count diagnoses.
- by Kate Aubusson
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