Priority primary care clinics,promised in 2022 as Daniel Andrews’ solution to the health crisis,are facing cutbacks as the Victorian budget grapples with debt.
Colorectal surgeon Gary McKay legally changed his name to Barry McCabe this year,but a record of previous findings against him did not appear until the Herald inquired.
With the Victorian government demanding savings from hospitals,some doctors have been told their contracts won’t be renewed.
NSW Health will pay junior doctors an extra $100 million over the next four years after settling a three-year Supreme Court battle with their union.
Doctors are worried there will not be enough GPs to staff dozens of new urgent care clinics amid declining interest in a career in general practice.
Manning Base Hospital administration will apologise to junior doctors after removing a mattress from their break room.
At the end of a 100-hour week,Dr Amireh Fakhouri was too exhausted to drive home. Now she has helped win record backpay for 20,000 colleagues.
A new art project asks Sydneysiders to walk the streets of Randwick to honour healthcare workers and help make them feel safer.
William Mooney was found to have provided substandard care,lied and been unethical. The Herald is troubled he has been cleared to reapply for his licence.
It took 15 days and three trips to hospital before Geoff Martin learned he had a life-threatening condition.
A woman who went to the GP complaining about abdominal pain during sex was told:“You’re 70 years old;of course sex is going to hurt.” Three days later,her appendix burst.