Ryan Park
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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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
- Updated
- 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
- Exclusive
- 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
- Updated
- Healthcare
Baby dies during childbirth in latest Northern Beaches Hospital tragedy
The state’s most senior obstetrician is investigating the death of a newborn after an emergency at the troubled hospital.
- Angus Thomson
The changes coming to NSW hospitals after Joe’s death at Northern Beaches Hospital
In an emotional meeting on Wednesday, Premier Chris Minns told Elouise and Danny Massa the government would make a number of changes in response to their son’s death.
- Angus Thomson and Max Maddison
‘We let Joe down’: Hospitals told to listen to parents after two-year-old’s death
Health Minister Ryan Park said the death of Joe Massa, 2, at Northern Beaches Hospital was “a result of failing” to listen to the concerns of his parents.
- Angus Thomson and Nick Newling
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