Hospitals
When Anna is called to deliver a baby, the birth plan has not gone to plan
More than 600 babies are born before their arrival at hospital each year, and a new program pairs midwives with paramedics to better manage care.
- by Mary Ward
Latest
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.
- by Rachel Clun
Exclusive
Healthcare
Arden’s electrical issues were known three years before shock hospital move
Authorities knew in 2021 that electromagnetic waves from Metro Tunnel trains were a risk to Arden’s recently scrapped hospital towers.
- by Henrietta Cook, Rachel Eddie, Kieran Rooney and Aisha Dow
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Healthcare
The seven-day healthcare clinic that’s closed 14 per cent of the time
The GP clinic is meant to cut wait times at Northern Beaches Hospital. Instead, it’s struggling to stay open.
- by Angus Thomson
Exclusive
Victorian budget
Sweeping hospital mergers on table after Victoria’s bad-news budget
Victoria’s 76 health services could be slashed to 12 in an efficiency-driven overhaul revealed as the government dropped a budget notable for soaring debt, higher taxes, stalled projects and abandoned promises.
- by Aisha Dow, Annika Smethurst and Kieran Rooney
Inner-city hospitals boss departs after turbulent 12 months
Teresa Anderson’s departure comes less than a year after medical staff at Concord Hospital revolted against her leadership, sparking a ministerial review.
- by Angus Thomson
Hospital used ambulance, fake patients during ministerial visit
Ten Colac Area Health staff members, who worked in other sections of the hospital, attended the urgent care clinic during the visit and sat in the waiting room.
- by Rachel Eddie
Opinion
Healthcare
It’s not perfect, but here’s why our health system is one of the best
Australians pay among the lowest taxes of all developed nations and what’s more, when it comes to healthcare, we’re getting excellent value for money.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Healthcare
My dad spent three weeks in ICU. This is what I learnt about our health system
I went into the hospital knowing nothing about our healthcare system. Those three weeks taught me life lessons that will never leave me.
- by Ruby Kraner-Tucci
‘Sleeping is not part of your job description’: Doctors warned against naps
Manning Base Hospital administration will apologise to junior doctors after removing a mattress from their break room.
- by Amber Schultz