NewsBite

Ryan Park

Advertisement
Karen Webb, left, and two nurses at Bankstown hospital.

Top cop needs ‘critical’ evidence to pursue potential charges against Sydney nurses

Karen Webb said officers were still determining any possible charges against two nurses recorded on video allegedly making anti-Israeli threats.

  • Jessica McSweeney, Nick Newling, Sally Rawsthorne, Kayla Olaya and Kate Aubusson

Latest

Declan Lee, from Sydney’s northern beaches, was left on a hospital bathroom floor for several hours because staff were unable to lift him.

On the floor of a Sydney hospital bathroom, Declan lay stranded for hours

Advocates have requested an urgent meeting with the NSW health minister after hearing dozens of hospital horror stories.

  • Angus Thomson
Janice and Bernie Fitzpatrick on a fundraising ride on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, in 2015.

Bernie waited months in hospital for a bed in aged care. It never came

NSW Health Minister Ryan Park says the federal government should build more aged care beds or start paying the states to care for residents stuck in hospital.

  • Angus Thomson
A productivity-enhancing reform agenda ought to be the focus in this year’s political campaigns.

Back to (or building) the future?

It is both ironic and appropriate that Peter Dutton has chosen to copy the New Zealand Nationals’ election slogan of “Back on track”.

14/11/24 Generic signage showing Bulk Billing services. Photograph by Chris Hopkins

The Sydney suburbs missing out on free GP visits

NSW Health Minister Ryan Park said the collapse of bulk-billing was putting pressure on the state’s hospitals and urged the federal government to prioritise Medicare reform.

  • Angus Thomson
NSW Health Minister Ryan Park issued a dire warning about the state’s triple zero line.

Health officials scramble with mass resignation of state’s doctors

A metropolitan Sydney hospital will struggle to treat patients after more than half of the state’s hospital psychiatrists tendered their resignations.

  • Cindy Yin
Advertisement
A rolling GIF of artist’s impressions for the new Rouse Hill hospital, which is due to open around 2029.

This hospital will cost $700 million. There’ll be nowhere to have a baby

Locals in the Hills Shire were furious to discover that, when their new hospital eventually opens, it won’t have a birthing suite.

  • Angus Thomson
Bureau of Health Information data July - September 2024

Revealed: How our hospitals fail half their seriously ill patients

Fewer people are visiting NSW emergency departments with non-urgent conditions, but emergency staff are overwhelmed with a record number of seriously ill patients.

  • Angus Thomson
Striking nurses march to NSW Parliament House during a 24-hour stop-work strike on September 24.

NSW elective surgery waitlist doubles in three months

Winter viruses and rolling industrial action have caused more people to wait longer than is recommended for knee and hip replacements, among other operations.

  • Cindy Yin
Vapes on display at a store in Melbourne in 2023.

The new $1.5 million fine facing NSW retailers

Health Minister Ryan Park said laws had not kept up with the rise of disposable vapes, as NSW tries to deter sellers with enormous penalties and jail time.

  • Angus Thomson

Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/topic/ryan-john-park-1mvl