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These nurses stopped cleaning. Then the hospital docked their pay
As stacks of dirty linen and hospital waste piled up, seven private hospitals issued their nurses and midwives with a stern warning.
- by Angus Thomson
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A stroke victim waited hours for a bed. These doctors want answers
Doctors at Northern Beaches Hospital have raised several concerning incidents in their submission to an independent audit of the privately run public hospital.
- by Angus Thomson
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Fire
Bushfire downgraded on Sydney’s northern beaches after planned burn jumped containment lines
The Rural Fire Service has lowered the alert level for the blaze which began as a hazard reduction burn in Oxford Falls.
- by Sarah McPhee
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Sydney emergency
Colleagues distraught at drowning of ‘kind-hearted soul’
Kaushik Chatterjee’s death has shocked friends and co-workers after he got into strife at a remote Ku-ring-gai beach.
- by Carrie Fellner
Man in critical condition after drowning at remote Ku-ring-gai beach
Rescuers had to use a boat to retrieve the man from the beach, which can only be accessed by a steep bushland track.
- by Carrie Fellner
Financial woes cast ‘significant doubt’ over Northern Beaches Hospital
Northern Beaches Hospital owes $280 million to Healthscope, the private hospital operator that tumbled to a $649 million loss in 2023.
- by Angus Thomson
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The seven-day healthcare clinic that’s closed 14 per cent of the time
The GP clinic is meant to cut wait times at Northern Beaches Hospital. Instead, it’s struggling to stay open.
- by Angus Thomson
Hospital given ultimatum over delay in creating children’s crisis beds
The Northern Beaches Hospital has eight weeks to explain why children in crisis have nowhere to go more than a year after it was given $7.5 million.
- by Laura Banks
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Mental health
‘How many more kids need to die?’ Father’s plea as health pledge stalls
More than a year after the Northern Beaches Hospital was given $7.5 million for beds for children in mental health crisis, none have materialised.
- by Laura Banks
Missing elderly man from Manly found dead
The body of 81-year-old Richard Gottschald, who had been missing since Tuesday, was found in waters off Manly Beach on Saturday.
- by Millie Muroi
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Water safety
Drowning can be quick and silent. Could you spot the signs?
Many drownings are not noticed until it’s too late. Who is most likely to drown? And how do you spot someone in trouble?
- by Julie Power
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