Victoria’s primary care clinics face funding cuts in budget crisis
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Victoria’s primary care clinics face funding cuts in budget crisis

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.

  • byRachel Eddie andKieran Rooney

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Surgeon suspended for using patient ‘as a prop’ now operating under a new name
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Surgeon suspended for using patient ‘as a prop’ now operating under a new name

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.

  • byMichael Koziol
Elective surgery waiting lists to balloon as health budget cuts bite
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Elective surgery waiting lists to balloon as health budget cuts bite

With the Victorian government demanding savings from hospitals,some doctors have been told their contracts won’t be renewed.

  • byJewel Topsfield,Henrietta Cook andBenjamin Preiss
First,doctors won $230 million in back pay. Now,these changes are worth millions more
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First,doctors won $230 million in back pay. Now,these changes are worth millions more

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.

  • byAngus Thomson
‘Run off your feet’:Why medical students such as Jordon are turning away from general practice
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‘Run off your feet’:Why medical students such as Jordon are turning away from general practice

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.

  • byAngus Thomson
‘Sleeping is not part of your job description’:Doctors warned against naps

‘Sleeping is not part of your job description’:Doctors warned against naps

Manning Base Hospital administration will apologise to junior doctors after removing a mattress from their break room.

  • byAmber Schultz
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‘It was never about the money’:NSW’s junior doctors win $230m payout
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‘It was never about the money’:NSW’s junior doctors win $230m payout

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.

  • byAngus Thomson
Shift nurses just want to feel safe at night. These are the artists trying to help

Shift nurses just want to feel safe at night. These are the artists trying to help

A new art project asks Sydneysiders to walk the streets of Randwick to honour healthcare workers and help make them feel safer.

  • byJane Albert
Surgeon’s licence must have restrictions imposed

Surgeon’s licence must have restrictions imposed

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.

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‘My brain exploded’:Geoff thought he had the flu,but he was wrong

‘My brain exploded’:Geoff thought he had the flu,but he was wrong

It took 15 days and three trips to hospital before Geoff Martin learned he had a life-threatening condition.

  • byMegan Gorrey
Hysterical,drama queen:How two-thirds of Australian women say they feel at the doctor
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Hysterical,drama queen:How two-thirds of Australian women say they feel at the doctor

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.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos