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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

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Northern Beaches Hospital is partly operated by Healthscope.

‘Win for the northern beaches’: Community celebrates as embattled hospital operator flags exit

Taxpayers should not reward Healthscope’s mismanagement of Northern Beaches Hospital with a profit, NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey said.

  • Angus Thomson and Max Maddison
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

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
Lien Tran was diagnosed with hepatitis when she was 18 and is a co-founder of the charity Hepatitis B Voices Australia.

The silent infection fuelling a rise in liver cancer deaths

The federal Health Department is proposing universal testing to ensure everyone knows their hepatitis B status, amid concerns too many people are unaware they have the disease.

  • Henrietta Cook
Jenny Tuita at 15 and today.

Aged 15, Jenny was charged with being ‘uncontrollable’. Now she’s on a mission for justice

The NSW government is facing potential legal action over invasive medical examinations performed on teenagers at a girls’ shelter in Glebe.

  • Angus Thomson
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The wellness industry has questions to answer.

Albo, please tell me you haven’t bought into this ‘wellness’ con

You know the industry is cooked when you have a Married at First Sight groom calling himself a “wellness advisor”.

  • Kate Halfpenny
Professor Maria Fiatarone Singh with patient Alice Chan. With a tailored exercise plan for those with early osteoporosis, she says, “For the most part, people feel strong quickly, within weeks.”

Walking’s great – but to strengthen bones, a little heavy lifting goes a long way

Poor bone health puts two out of three Australians aged over 50 at risk of fractures, falls and a shortened lifespan. Many are fighting back – with dumbbells.

  • Erin O'Dwyer
The state’s first permanent pill-testing sites will close from April 4.

Pill testers say people will die as Qld service forced to close

The group behind two south-east pill-testing sites said they picked up extremely potent synthetic opioids three times since November – including last Friday.

  • Courtney Kruk
Health groups say the nation’s health nation’s health practitioner regulator is taking too long investigator minor complaints, and needs to focus on serious matters.

‘You can’t have both’: Judge blasts doctors for defying strike orders

The doctors’ union has been given less than 24 hours to back down on its planned three-day strike or risk derailing a deal for resigning psychiatrists.

  • Angus Thomson

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