The Sydney suburbs where patients wait the longest for an ambulance revealed

The Sydney suburbs where patients wait the longest for an ambulance revealed

Ambulances and emergency departments are under more pressure than ever,data released on Wednesday reveals. See how your suburb stacks up.

  • byAngus Thomson

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AI is just what the overworked,burnt-out doctor ordered

AI is just what the overworked,burnt-out doctor ordered

Advocates of the use of artificial intelligence say the technology could transform a health system in crisis,by reducing wait lists and staff burnout.

  • byAngus Delaney andKayla Olaya
Doctors cancel gynaecology appointments,surgeries over safety fears

Doctors cancel gynaecology appointments,surgeries over safety fears

Obstetricians and gynaecologists at two NSW hospitals said they would only treat urgent cases until more doctors were hired to ease pressure on burnt-out staff.

  • byAngus Thomson
Victorian hospital blunders led to 167 patient deaths
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Victorian hospital blunders led to 167 patient deaths

Operating on the wrong part of a patient’s body and fatal medication errors were among the scores of serious events recorded in Victorian hospitals in 2022-23.

  • byHenrietta Cook
The health minister’s scramble to secure a $422 million hospital bailout
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The health minister’s scramble to secure a $422 million hospital bailout

The dire financial state of health services last year has been exposed in correspondence showing the state government went within days of being unable to pay the bills.

  • byAnnika Smethurst andBroede Carmody
Private health insurance premiums tipped to jump as claims rise

Private health insurance premiums tipped to jump as claims rise

Australia’s largest private health insurers say premiums need to rise significantly,but not their own payments to private hospitals.

  • byColin Kruger
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The Boomers are coming for aged care. Australia must be ready
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The Boomers are coming for aged care. Australia must be ready

Faced with older residents,with more complex health conditions,the aged care facilities of the future will need to be more hospital than retirement village.

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Would you have surgery if it badly impacted Earth’s carbon footprint?
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Would you have surgery if it badly impacted Earth’s carbon footprint?

A new study explores the potential cost to the planet of future surgical procedures.

  • byKate Aubusson
The Sydney doctors forced to choose who lives and dies

The Sydney doctors forced to choose who lives and dies

Clinicians at Sydney’s busiest hospitals have warned they could be forced to ration a life-saving treatment for patients with kidney failure.

  • byAlexandra Smith
‘We apologise to women’:NSW vows to provide better care during pregnancy

‘We apologise to women’:NSW vows to provide better care during pregnancy

Health Minister Ryan Park praised the courage of thousands of women who shared their “deeply personal and difficult experiences” during the landmark inquiry.

  • byMegan Gorrey
Ambulance Victoria hit in coffers by patient billing ban
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Ambulance Victoria hit in coffers by patient billing ban

Protracted industrial action by paramedics,including an indefinite pause on taking billing details from patients,is hitting the service’s bottom line.

  • byJewel Topsfield andCassandra Morgan