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A grieving mother is calling for the state government to do more, after a new review estimated 58,000 people with severe mental health needs miss out on care.
Fiona McKay acquired a brain injury after falling down the stairs. The program that helped her get back on her feet is facing closure as NSW grapples with how to pay for healthcare.
A shortage of aged care staff is putting pressure on hospitals, which are unable to discharge patients due to a lack of beds.
The family of a 20-year-old man who died as a result of catastrophic errors at a Sydney hospital say they were lied to about crucial medical notes being destroyed as they probed the cause of his death.
Cumberland Hospital staff are pleading for Health Minister Ryan Park to intervene at the troubled facility, with morale “at an all time low”.
Dr Matthew Isfahani says his workload as a junior doctor at Concord and Canterbury hospitals left him and his family at breaking point.
Brian Whelan would have required full-time care without a life-changing service for stroke victims. Now, he’s recovered and playing golf twice a week.
Ongoing COVID-19 and other winter virus cases, as well as the state’s looming elective surgery backlog, are continuing to place pressure on hospitals.
From the moment the Ruby Princess docked in 2020 to the current wave of Omicron, healthcare workers have been on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s not over yet.
Nurses say they have been abused, threatened and assaulted in the town of Bourke. They are afraid the threat of violence is compromising the care of patients at the local hospital.
Exclusive: Leaked memo from major hospital lays bare desperate measures as it ‘can’t keep up with exposures and positive staff’
Healthcare should not be limited by past decisions and most Australians would not be able to afford ‘astronomical’ cost of ICU, AMA says
The Fitzpatrick family allege they were subjected to intimidation and bullying at one of NSW’s leading trauma hospitals after the death of their beloved brother and son.
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At the end of a 100-hour week, Dr Amireh Fakhouri was too exhausted to drive home. Now she has helped win record backpay for 20,000 colleagues.
NSW will become the final state in Australia to allow voluntary assisted dying on Tuesday. NSW Health will begin taking applications via an online portal at 6am.
NSW and Victoria government documents show support for push by doctors to combine the Albury and Wodonga hospitals into one new facility – but that’s not what was announced
Have a hole in your lung? Need your gall bladder removed when you’re 22 weeks’ pregnant? You might have to wait 21 hours for treatment.
In his quest to salvage his tarnished reputation, controversial neurosurgeon Charlie Teo has deployed nearly every trick in the public relations handbook.
Four new operating theatres are being used to store medical supplies and equipment amid a staffing crisis at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
Tens of thousands of people left NSW hospital EDs without finishing treatment last quarter, the highest number on record
Medical staff say western NSW health system is so under resourced patients are palmed from hospital to hospital
Many healthcare workers are afraid of speaking to the media, but they are also desperate for the public to know what's been happening in our hospitals. As the Omicron wave peaked in Sydney last month, Background Briefing was following them. These are their stories — in their words — about what they saw.
For months the NSW government assured the public that its hospitals were coping through the pandemic. But frontline staff are now speaking out about the barely controlled chaos behind the scenes. Reporter Mayeta Clark investigates what really happened during Omicron's peak.
The NSW president of the Australian Medical Association writes that it would be unethical to countenance the NSW Health Minister’s suggestion.
From massive loss and intense grief, the Marrin Weejali Aboriginal Corporation was born
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