John was given 18 months to live. Twenty years later,this is his advice
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John was given 18 months to live. Twenty years later,this is his advice

John Ruttle has a condition that kills 7600 Australians a year,but half of people with it don’t know it. One small tweak could change that.

  • byAngus Thomson

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The private health funds that have shortchanged NSW hospitals by $700 million

The private health funds that have shortchanged NSW hospitals by $700 million

Since 2019,the big four private health insurers have been refusing to pay their NSW hospital bills in full. The state government is introducing laws to change that.

  • byAlexandra Smith
‘Hold us accountable’:Crisafulli’s suggestion amid health policy debate

‘Hold us accountable’:Crisafulli’s suggestion amid health policy debate

LNP leader David Crisafulli has promised greater accountability,but will not say whether he would sack a health minister for failing to meet new targets.

  • byMatt Dennien andWilliam Davis
The government seized these shops for a hospital that was never built. Now the case is back in court
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The government seized these shops for a hospital that was never built. Now the case is back in court

A legal battle between two property developers and the state has led to a ‘ghost town’ in Pakenham. The Allan government is preparing to go back to court to keep a lid on a multimillion-dollar compensation claim.

  • byCarla Jaeger
The Sydney hospitals overspending by $9 million a month

The Sydney hospitals overspending by $9 million a month

Staff at three Sydney hospitals have threatened to take industrial action unless the NSW government reverses job cuts they say will put patients at risk.

  • byAngus Thomson
‘A huge hole’:Family hopes man’s death after knee surgery sparks change

‘A huge hole’:Family hopes man’s death after knee surgery sparks change

Kenneth Toll was one of three patients to die after receiving bilateral knee replacement surgery from a NSW orthopaedic surgeon,a five-day inquest heard.

  • byAngus Thomson
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Private hospitals suspending ‘unprofitable’ surgeries as stoush with insurers deepens
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Private hospitals suspending ‘unprofitable’ surgeries as stoush with insurers deepens

One surgeon said many private hospitals were cutting theatre lists for plastic,breast and maxillofacial surgeons.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey andHenrietta Cook
Ken went into hospital for knee surgery. Three days later,he was dead

Ken went into hospital for knee surgery. Three days later,he was dead

An inquest is examining the events leading to the death of a 62-year-old grandfather following a routine procedure at a private hospital in regional NSW.

  • byAngus Thomson
‘Significant impact on patients’:NSW nurses to strike for 24 hours

‘Significant impact on patients’:NSW nurses to strike for 24 hours

The state’s health system will be brought to a standstill for the second time this month after nurses voted to return to the picket line.

  • byAngus Thomson
Medical imaging delays add to bed lock pain at WA hospitals

Medical imaging delays add to bed lock pain at WA hospitals

Long wait times for medical imaging is putting lives at risk,says the Health Services Union WA.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
I spent five days in hospital waiting for an MRI. WA’s health system is at breaking point

I spent five days in hospital waiting for an MRI. WA’s health system is at breaking point

It was on day four of trying to get an MRI as an inpatient at Fiona Stanley Hospital that one of my nurses broke down in tears in my cubicle.

  • bySophie McNeill