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Public urged to heed heatwave 'emergency' warning to be declared across Australia's north

Nearly all of the Northern Territory is set to swelter through a heatwave emergency later this week as temperatures build, triggered by a 'pseudo-monsoon' which last week dragged moisture away from northern Australia.

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New NT COVID-19 infections double in a week, health workers say case numbers likely higher than official figures

Low numbers of daily COVID-19 cases are beginning to climb rapidly again in the NT, where health workers say the official daily average is likely a significant under-count.

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Nursing students at Charles Darwin University face graduation delays as workforce shortage continues

The Northern Territory is 130 full-time equivalent nurses short, but its only university has been forced to slash the number of enrolments for its nursing program.

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NT Health halts plan to restructure Darwin, Palmerston hospital leadership, citing 'challenges' within the sector

Just months after announcing a plan to remove about 45 people from leadership positions across two of the Northern Territory's largest hospitals, NT Health has told staff the restructure has been put on hold.

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Cabcharges misused on 'luxury limousines', unauthorised personal travel, according to internal NT Health email

An all-staff email says widespread Cabcharge misuse has been identified in a recent audit, with "quite a number" of excessive fares racked up in a government department $90 million over its allocated budget.

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Royal Darwin and Palmerston hospitals hit with 'code yellow' declarations amid surging patient demand

A day after the Katherine Hospital was hit with a 'code yellow', the Northern Territory's health department has taken the same step in Darwin amid a surge in patient demand.

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NT Health declares code yellow for Katherine Hospital's emergency department

Authorities say an increase in emergency department admissions has prompted the decision to implement "a number of measures" to ease pressure on the town's 60-bed hospital.

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NT Health purchased cigarettes for smokers at Howard Springs quarantine centre, FOI documents reveal

NT Health purchased hundreds of packets of cigarettes for smokers isolating at the Howard Springs quarantine centre, documents obtained by the ABC reveal.

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NT Health staff have revealed to a coronial inquest why Kumanjayi Walker was left without their assistance on the night he died

When remote nurse Lorraine Walcott arrived in Yuendumu on the night Kumanjayi Walker was shot by Constable Zachary Rolfe, all she could do was officially pronounce the local 19-year-old dead.

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Kumanjayi Walker coronial inquest hears of 'significant' shortfalls in health services in Central Australia

Almost a quarter of all nursing roles and half of all mental health-related positions are unfilled in Central Australia, an inquest has been told, while it is "almost impossible" to recruit workers to the remote community where Kumanjayi Walker was killed.

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Health workers feel safe in Yuendumu

A Northern Territory inquest into an Indigenous teen's shooting death has heard health workers still feel safe in the community.

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NT Health manager didn't consult with police before evacuating Yuendumu medical staff, Kumanjayi Walker's inquest hears

A manager with the Northern Territory Health Department says he did not know nursing staff wanted to stay in Yuendumu when he ordered their evacuation, and did not speak directly to them or to local police beforehand.

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Kumanjayi Walker inquest to resume in Alice Springs, with NT Health under the spotlight

Senior health workers and clinic nurses are expected to give evidence to the Northern Territory coroner, as the inquest into the fatal police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker resumes.

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NT fire authorities say warehouse fire that put hospitals on high alert 'not suspicious'

Investigators have determined the cause of a massive blaze that destroyed $30 million of medical equipment for the Northern Territory's hospitals.

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NT hospital capacity concerns ease

The Northern Territory's health service has lifted a code yellow alert in response to patient capacity issues at Darwin hospitals.

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Trachoma still exists in remote Indigenous communities as Australia fails to meet eradication targets

As the Joint Council on Closing the Gap meets in Adelaide, cases of trachoma in Aboriginal communities are declining as NT Health pop-up clinics teach kids how to clean their faces properly — but a new date for eradication has not been set.

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Supplies return to NT hospitals after fire

Northern Territory health service has lifted a code brown alert for Darwin hospitals as stocks return following a warehouse fire.

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NT Health issues highest alert after fire

A Darwin warehouse fire has potentially destroyed crucial hospital supplies with Top End health authorities now on high alert.

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Code Brown called for NT health facilities after fire destroys medical supplies warehouse in Berrimah

A "Code Brown" has been declared by the Northern Territory's health department after a fire destroyed a warehouse where supplies for a number of the territory's hospitals were stored.

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Darwin man aged in his 30s dies with meningococcal disease, reports NT Health

The man who died with meningococcal disease hadn't recently travelled interstate or overseas, according to NT Health.

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Two cases of Japanese encephalitis confirmed in the Northern Territory

NT Health has recorded two cases of the mosquito-borne virus, including a case from last year, amid advisories for people to take measures to protect themselves.

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Royal Darwin Hospital reopens dedicated COVID-19 wards amid wave of new infections fuelled by BA.4 and BA.5

The Northern Territory's biggest hospital has reactivated measures last taken in January amid increasing COVID-19 hospitalisations, as healthcare workers themselves contract the virus.

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The Northern Territory records first case of monkeypox in returned traveller

The Northern Territory has recorded its first case of monkeypox but the health risk is low to the public, according to NT Health.

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Indigenous life expectancy increases in the NT, but Aboriginal health experts say more work is needed to close the gap

The life expectancy of Indigenous people is growing more than for their non-Indigenous counterparts in the Northern Territory, new data shows. But the average Indigenous person is still likely to live 15 years less.

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NT Health reduces COVID-19 reinfection period from 84 days to 28 in response to rising cases

Authorities say the BA4 and BA5 sub-variants are driving a third wave of COVID cases in the Northern Territory, with recovered Territorians who fall unwell now required to get retested after 28 days.

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