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Composite index of British nurse Megan Hamill, for a story on new fast-track pathway for nurses from Ireland, the UK, United States, Singapore, Spain, and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Ontario

Megan found an ideal mix of money and lifestyle. Many more will be following her

Megan Hamill moved to Australia chasing sunshine and better wages. Thousands of other nurses like her will soon be fast-tracked to address workforce shortages.

  • Angus Thomson

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Generic hospital photos of John Fawkner Hospital in Moreland Friday 22 November 2024. Photo AFR/ LUIS ENRIQUE ASCUI

Spinal surgery, aged care, long COVID: Australia’s most expensive hospital stays revealed

Private health funds are becoming particularly concerned about the burden of long COVID on the health system, five years since the pandemic began.

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Surgeons in the operating room

IBAC probes claims sick patients languished as surgeons chased fees

In one case a woman who was critically unwell in the intensive care unit waited from 8.30am until late afternoon for surgery to treat a potentially deadly infection.

  • Henrietta Cook and Broede Carmody
Resigned NSW Health psychiatrist, Dr Christina Matthews and Dr Pramudie Gunaratne, the NSW chair of the Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

Wards closed, emergency departments under pressure as doctors walk off job

Resigning psychiatrists warn of worsening backlogs in emergency departments when mentally ill patients have nowhere to go due to ward closures.

  • Angus Thomson and Kate Aubusson
9News Perth reporter Connor McGoverne and his son, who was born at King Edward Memorial Hospital on New Year’s Eve, 2024.

My newborn son needed life-saving surgery. WA Labor’s maternity plan could risk babies like him

Babies born with life-threatening at Labor’s proposed $1.8 billion mum and bubs hospital would face a drive of up to 45 minutes to Perth Children’s Hospital in Nedlands.

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Fairfield resident Julie Dempsey says physical restraint and seclusion as a mental health patient left her feeling broken.

‘You feel like an animal in a zoo’: Hospitals on notice amid ‘concerning’ trend

The mental health watchdog says its findings on restrictive practices should be a wake-up call for emergency departments, medical wards and inpatient facilities.

  • Broede Carmody
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Pictured is Jessica Comish at her home on the south coast. Sunday19th January, 2025. She is pictured for Angus Thomson mental health story. Picture: Dylan Coker / The Sydney Morning Herald ...

On the worst day of Jessica’s life, the only doctor who could help her was on a screen

Two-thirds of psychiatrists in NSW public hospitals will quit this week. The impact for patients like Jessica Comish will be devastating in a system already strained.

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Composite image of gutted Wyong Hospital maternity unit.

This birthing unit couldn’t find staff. Now it’s being replaced with offices

The gutting of Wyong Hospital’s maternity unit will leave the Central Coast’s 350,000 people with only one remaining birthing unit.

  • Angus Thomson
Jan Wright was attacked by a bird.

Jan could finally see clearly after more than a year. Then a bird gouged her eye

Jan Wright was having coffee with friends at a Frankston cafe when she was attacked by a bird. Her case is one of a rising number.

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The woman was taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in a critical condition.

NSW hospitals are about to lose 200 doctors. Here’s how they’re preparing to cope

Leaked recordings show NSW public hospitals are preparing to lose some services under emergency settings akin to those seen during the COVID pandemic. 

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