The union wants a 30 per cent pay rise and working conditions that better address worker fatigue.
It is unclear whether hundreds of NSW doctors will defy the demand and walk off the job for three days next week.
The peak bodies for obstetricians and sonographers are sounding the alarm over “reassurance” ultrasounds that are leading to misdiagnosis in expectant mothers.
Chronic fatigue syndrome is notoriously difficult to diagnose,but a new computer-assisted model can predict it with 85 per cent accuracy.
Two of the 10 community hospitals promised by the state government in 2018 have been built but remain largely non-operational,frustrating locals who want to start using them.
Advertising regulations prohibit the use of terms such as wrinkle-reducing injections or colloquial names such as “tox” or “Brotox”. Many industry players advertise regardless.
A resurgence of congenital syphilis in Victoria after a 25-year hiatus has prompted an overhaul of screening for pregnant women.
Australia’s booming $4 billion injectables market is driven by doctors issuing scripts via telehealth in consults that sometimes last under one minute. Critics warn patient safety may be at risk.
In Melbourne,there are four or five confirmed cases a year of the neurological disorder CTE. But one of Victoria’s leading pathologists knows there will be many more.
The Victorian government stripped free housing from breast cancer patients and parents of ICU babies months ago,with no alternative system in place.
The number of patients overdue for elective surgery in the state’s public hospitals has tripled as waiting lists reach levels not seen since the COVID pandemic.