The state’s auditor general has found Health Department systems to track ED patients are outdated,inefficient,frustrating and weak.
An analysis of more than 70 annual reports shows health services’ overall WorkCover costs in the last financial year rose 51 per cent.
Half the state’s public psychiatrists have resigned as the Bondi Junction attack inquest shines a spotlight on chronically understaffed mental health units.
More than 20,000 violent incidents took place at Victorian health services last year. The situation has prompted doctors,nurses and midwives to call for urgent action.
About 700 surgeries were postponed on Wednesday as nurses and midwives hit the streets for the third time in as many months.
The University of Newcastle has launched a review into several scientific papers co-authored by two leading researchers after integrity concerns were raised.
Premier Chris Minns says the demand for a 15 per cent,one-year pay rise is unfeasible unless other savings were found.
In real terms,NSW nurses earn less now than they were 15 years ago. They deserve a fairer go.
Health Minister Ryan Park said no permanent staff would be affected by the cuts at Sydney Local Health District,the latest to affect NSW frontline health workers.
A review into the death of a one-year-old boy suffering from undiagnosed leukaemia has determined it was “reasonable” that he did not get a blood test at a Perth hospital.
Suzan Al Hulow and Ali Al-Khafaji’s baby son Amir died inside Al Hulow’s womb while in the care of the public hospital on March 22.