Children physically restrained in alarming numbers at Westmead children’s hospital

Children physically restrained in alarming numbers at Westmead children’s hospital

The latest data also revealed the record numbers of patients ambulances and emergency departments have been tasked with this year.

  • byLaura Banks andAngus Thomson

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A defibrillator saved this Wiggle’s life. Now he wants them everywhere

A defibrillator saved this Wiggle’s life. Now he wants them everywhere

The revelation that he was one of only 10 per cent of people to survive a sudden cardiac arrest set Greg Page on a mission to improve the situation for the other 90 per cent.

  • byAngus Thomson
Man charged following daylight stabbing in Sydney’s west

Man charged following daylight stabbing in Sydney’s west

A man in his 30s is in Westmead Hospital in a critical condition after being stabbed outside a strip of shops in Merrylands on Sunday.

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Five boys charged following stabbing outside western Sydney school

Five boys charged following stabbing outside western Sydney school

Bankstown Police Commander Superintendent Adam Johnson said police were on the hunt for five more boys involved in the brawl.

  • bySarah Keoghan
Coroner calls for Medicare for prisoners after Indigenous man dies of ear infection

Coroner calls for Medicare for prisoners after Indigenous man dies of ear infection

Douglas “Mootijah” Shillingsworth died of an ear infection that may have been prevented by a check-up available on Medicare,which is not available to NSW inmates.

  • byGeorgina Mitchell
Nurses vote to strike as Omicron intensifies staff shortages

Nurses vote to strike as Omicron intensifies staff shortages

The likelihood of a mass nurses strike on February 15 has edged closer after a ballot by the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association has resulted in thousands of nurses and midwives endorsing industrial action.

  • byLucy Carroll
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RPA department head lashes ‘politically-driven’ management of crisis

RPA department head lashes ‘politically-driven’ management of crisis

In an internal video to staff,Royal Prince Alfred Hospital executive clinical director Professor Paul Torzillo has called out the decisions being made by state and federal governments.

  • byLucy Carroll andMary Ward
1000 NSW Health workers sacked or quit after refusing to be vaccinated

1000 NSW Health workers sacked or quit after refusing to be vaccinated

This has placed further pressure on the hospital system that has seen coronavirus patient admissions almost triple within a fortnight.

  • byLucy Carroll andTom Rabe
Teenage self-harm rises 40 per cent as experts warn pandemic effects will linger

Teenage self-harm rises 40 per cent as experts warn pandemic effects will linger

Teenagers presented to NSW hospitals almost 11,000 times for self-harm and suicidal ideation in the past 10 months.

  • byLucy Carroll
Dispute over COVID ward staffing as hospitals brace for worst month

Dispute over COVID ward staffing as hospitals brace for worst month

The Premier has stressed the plan for hospitals to survive the coming months depended on the system being “technically overwhelmed in some ways”.

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Berejiklian details lockdown exit as NSW records 1405 new COVID cases,five deaths

Berejiklian details lockdown exit as NSW records 1405 new COVID cases,five deaths

A plan was announced for gyms,hospitality venues and hairdressers to reopen to the fully vaccinated by the end of October.

  • byMary Ward