Patients are flooding NSW hospitals in record numbers. The solution might be a bitter pill

Patients are flooding NSW hospitals in record numbers. The solution might be a bitter pill

Waiting room chairs,hallways and overflow tents:If you’ve been to a NSW hospital this year,you know the challenge facing the health minister.

  • byAngus Thomson

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Minister vows to assess bulk-billing as Joondalup Hospital probe begins

Minister vows to assess bulk-billing as Joondalup Hospital probe begins

The health department will join a review of hospital services,and what people pay for GPs in Perth’s north will be scrutinised,after the death of toddler Sandipan Dhar.

  • byJesinta Burton
Shattered Perth parents speak of dark hours before toddler’s death

Shattered Perth parents speak of dark hours before toddler’s death

A couple have described their harrowing weeks trying to get basic medical testing done on their dying little son,right up until his final hours in hospital.

  • byEmma Young
Parents claim multiple doctors denied desperate pleas for testing before toddler died
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Parents claim multiple doctors denied desperate pleas for testing before toddler died

Sandipan Dhar’s parents rushed their 21-month-old to Joondalup Health Campus in March with a high fever that would not settle after several trips to a GP practice.

  • byHolly Thompson
As it happened:WA news on Monday,May 20

As it happened:WA news on Monday,May 20

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  • byHeather McNeill
Right patient,wrong surgery:New report reveals shocking WA hospital bungles

Right patient,wrong surgery:New report reveals shocking WA hospital bungles

Wrong meds,botched surgeries and “sentinel events”:WA’s health system has harboured a growth in clinical errors resulting in serious harm and even death.

  • byHamish Hastie
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More free urgent care clinics part of $8.5 billion health commitment

More free urgent care clinics part of $8.5 billion health commitment

Health Minister Mark Butler said the 58 existing urgent care clinics were already making a difference for patients needing walk-in medical treatment.

  • byRachel Clun
Multimillion-dollar overhaul for WA children’s health services buckling under ‘unprecedented’ demand

Multimillion-dollar overhaul for WA children’s health services buckling under ‘unprecedented’ demand

In the past 10 years,referrals to Child Development Service paediatricians have risen by 132 per cent.

  • byHolly Thompson
St John eyes expansion of urgent care network as Medicare clinics move in

St John eyes expansion of urgent care network as Medicare clinics move in

When St John WA opened the doors to its urgent care clinics across suburban Perth to ease demand on overrun emergency departments,all you needed was your Medicare card.

  • bySarah Brookes
The common conditions keeping patients in hospital longer

The common conditions keeping patients in hospital longer

A record number of patients with the most serious,life-threatening conditions were treated by paramedics and emergency departments in the last quarter of 2023.

  • byAngus Thomson
This midwife is double COVID-vaxxed – but she’s still banned from returning to work

This midwife is double COVID-vaxxed – but she’s still banned from returning to work

Strict vaccination rules require hospital workers to have at least one booster shot,but easing the lingering mandate would bring Victoria in line with other states,and has been backed by vaccine experts.

  • byBroede Carmody andAisha Dow