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Morgue workers strike over staffing, database issues

Last-minute talks will take place as forensic technicians at a key Sydney morgue strike over staffing levels and a recent database overhaul.

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NSW police could ditch mental health response program lauded as ‘so successful’ by minister

Exclusive: Force considering alternatives to Pacer program that has seen 48% reduction in people detained by police under Mental Health Act

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Rainwater sampling near Cadia goldmine ‘not fit for purpose’, inquiry hears

Residents living near the mine in central-west NSW said they had been complaining about ‘excessive’ dust for 10 years

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Heat alert issued as high temperatures bring early taste of summer to eastern Australia

Residents cautioned to minimise heat exposure as the mercury in eastern states forecast to reach up to 12C above average

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Number of vapes seized in NSW increases by 500% in three years as state clamps down on ‘alarming trend’

Exclusive: More than 182,000 vapes were seized by NSW Health last year and the number of inspections more than doubled

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It can be tough getting a GP appointment. Nurse practitioners could take some of the load

Australians are living longer than ever. But these extra years of life come with higher rates of long-term and complex conditions and greater health care needs.

The Conversation

'The sickest man in NSW': horror flu hits 50yo man

'I want you to be strong and we're going to pull through this.'

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Winter flu and COVID cases fall, with spring in sight

'Influenza-like illness and bronchiolitis were stable.'

Newcastle Herald

'Patients may decide to stop the process': voluntary assisted dying from November 28

Dr Chant addressed concerns about people being coerced into voluntary assisted dying.

Newcastle Herald

'We can't have vulnerable people not knowing where to turn', minister says

'We want to work towards a better path forward.'

Newcastle Herald

NSW Health Is Facing Criminal Prosecution Over Deaths Of Two Nurses Who Worked At Syd Hospital

The women, who are believed to have been dating, died within weeks of each other.

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COVID may increase flu susceptibility, expert says

'This year's flu season is looking just as bad as what it did last year.'

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MP says byelections ‘very unpredictable’ – as it happened

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Health warning: rise in kids with 'life-threatening complications' from the flu

Sixteen children have been admitted to intensive care since May, including four at John Hunter Hospital.

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‘There’s already anxiety’: residents living near Cadia goldmine demand answers on dust pollution

The EPA says Newcrest has introduced ‘significant changes’ to reduce its production of dust after being threatened with regulatory action

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NSW Health tells GPs not to blanket test residents living near Cadia hill goldmine

Exclusive: Local doctors urged to avoid screening for heavy metals unless patients show symptoms or have clear source of exposure

Newcastle Herald

Hunter nursing jobs facing axe were a COVID-19 measure: Coalition

The nursing positions were part of the "health army" amid COVID-19.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter hardest hit by 'despicable, shameful' cuts to stretched nurses

It comes at a time when hospitals 'cannot afford the loss of a single nurse or midwife'

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'Don't vape': teen's warning after attack that almost killed him

'He didn't have the lung strength and health to fight the virus.'

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NSW government temporarily bans all PwC work on tax projects

Inquiry into the state’s use of consultants to examine why local health districts paid firms $124m since 2011

The Conversation

We're in another COVID wave. But it’s not like the others

Each Omicron wave so far in Australia has had distinguishing features – the sharp rise and fall of BA.1, the widespread transmission among children and families in BA.2, a shift to more infections in older people with BA.5, then the confusing variant mix in the summer wave of 2022-23.

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EPA begins free rainwater testing near Cadia goldmine

The testing program will be offered to anyone living near the mine on tank water as part of a broader monitoring program

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Gina Rinehart named Western Australian of the Year – as it happened

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John Hunter Hospital staff call for 6 per cent wage rise

Labor has been in power for two months now and 'nothing's been done'.

Newcastle Herald

Flu cases jump in the Hunter, but COVID 'may be peaking'

COVID cases rise among those aged five to 16 this month.

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