How the state’s emergency services are going to appeal to young volunteers

How the state’s emergency services are going to appeal to young volunteers

NSW needs more volunteers for its rescue organisations and Prince Edward wants to help.

  • byJulie Power

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$800 for three minutes:Workers’ idea to control runaway healthcare costs
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$800 for three minutes:Workers’ idea to control runaway healthcare costs

The powerful Health Services Union is lobbying to strip bulk-billing rights from doctors who charge more than double the Medicare rebate.

  • byAngus Thomson andLaura Banks
Paramedics threaten boycott over 20 per cent pay rise demands

Paramedics threaten boycott over 20 per cent pay rise demands

More than 1500 of the state’s paramedics plan to boycott renewing their national registration,leaving them unable to work from December 1.

  • byAngus Thomson
Misrouted triple-zero calls on Vic-NSW border leading to ambulance delays
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Misrouted triple-zero calls on Vic-NSW border leading to ambulance delays

Leaked emails from Ambulance Victoria reveal that in 43 border towns,the closest ambulance is not always being dispatched.

  • byHenrietta Cook andBenjamin Preiss
Why this ‘invisible’ profession wants to step up in the healthcare system

Why this ‘invisible’ profession wants to step up in the healthcare system

Paramedics say urgent care is their “bread and butter” and they could help ease the strain if GPs could employ them under Medicare.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Louder than a bomb:Crane collapses at new Sydney Fish Market site

Louder than a bomb:Crane collapses at new Sydney Fish Market site

Construction company Multiplex said one worker was injured when the crane jib crashed to the ground. SafeWork NSW has launched an investigation.

  • bySarah Keoghan andOlivia Ireland
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Police should not conduct welfare checks – they can make things worse
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Police should not conduct welfare checks – they can make things worse

For many of my clients with a mental health condition,the presence of police may exacerbate their condition.

  • bySamantha Lee
Woman,66,critical after being hit by a truck in Sydney’s inner west

Woman,66,critical after being hit by a truck in Sydney’s inner west

The truck driver,who was uninjured,was also taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for mandatory testing.

  • bySarah Keoghan
Sydney marathon:26 hospitalised after running in spring heat

Sydney marathon:26 hospitalised after running in spring heat

Seven people remained in a serious condition after being treated by NSW Ambulance crews.

  • byBen Cubby
Three men dead in two separate crashes within five-hour period on state’s roads

Three men dead in two separate crashes within five-hour period on state’s roads

Two men in their 30s died near Bowral while another man,20,died in southern NSW. It is the third Friday night in a row in which two people have been killed on the state’s roads.

  • byChristopher Harris
Record wait times,more sick patients:NSW’s health crisis laid bare

Record wait times,more sick patients:NSW’s health crisis laid bare

Emergency department wait times have reached a record high while hospitals and paramedics in NSW are treating record numbers with life-threatening conditions.

  • byAngus Thomson andLaura Banks