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‘I felt guilty’: women reveal harrowing details to groundbreaking NSW birth trauma inquiry

Report calls for urgent efforts after receiving 4,000 submissions including from patients, doctors, midwives and experts around Australia

The Guardian - AU

Hope in heartbreak as birth trauma report ushers change

Survivors who told intimate and harrowing stories of birth trauma hope sharing their ordeals will help prevent other mothers from experiencing the same pain.

AAP

'Catastrophe waiting to happen': health data shows system getting sicker

Emergency departments 'pushed well beyond their limits'.

Newcastle Herald

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Lack of GPs driving record hospital pressure: minister

NSW emergency department attendances and ambulance responses are at a record high, while the state lost 500 general practitioners in one year.

AAP

Afternoon Update: search for missing mother and newborn; more Australian woe at French Open; and winter’s warmest fashion trend

Divers and a blood detection dog are looking for a woman and her baby around the Cooks River in Sydney’s south-west

The Guardian - AU

All clear for pharmacy prescriptions in 'win for women'

Women suffering from urinary tract infections can keep getting treatment at NSW pharmacies, rather than having to visit a doctor, as a trial is made permanent.

AAP

Revealed: private program slashed Hunter's 8620 elective surgery backlog

Call for new efforts to improve elective surgery backlog.

Newcastle Herald

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Housing 'pods' to tackle regional health staff shortage

A $45 million investment in a series of pre-fabricated units to be installed on hospital grounds is being used to lure more health workers to regional NSW.

AAP

'Door kicked in': Crack down on aggression in GP offices with new laws

'You've got to be tough about that. We have zero tolerance.'

Newcastle Herald

Police search for answers in Bondi killer's past

Queensland Police had multiple interactions with the man behind a mass stabbing at a Sydney shopping centre, but say they did not need to take action.

AAP

“Motherly Love Is So Strong”: Aussie Mom Thrusts Baby To Strangers In Last Heroic Act

"The mom came over with the baby and threw it at me." The post “Motherly Love Is So Strong”: Aussie Mom Thrusts Baby To Strangers In Last Heroic Act first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Overdue surgery list slashed but COVID hangover lingers

A NSW overhaul of elective surgeries has cut the waiting list for overdue procedures but doctors fear the progress is unsustainable due to budget cuts.

AAP

Vaccine mandates for NSW health workers reconsidered

NSW health workers might no longer need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as the minister responsible declares people need to "get back on with life".

AAP

No pair? Unfair! Minister's fury over major health meet

The head of Australia's biggest health system might have to miss a crucial meeting after being "prevented" from attending by the opposite side of politics.

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Futuristic helmet helping paramedics treat patients within 'golden hour'

The helmet helped Jack Di Tommaso, 27, make a full recovery.

AAP

Biomedical hub to produce keys in life-saving therapies

A Sydney biomedical manufacturing facility will produce key components in the research and trial of therapies for cancer and genetic diseases.

AAP

Most regional areas hit with 30pct palliative care cut

Funding earmarked for NSW regional palliative care services has been 're-profiled' by up to 41 per cent as doctors warn waitlists for the dying are rising.

Newcastle Herald

Nurses welcome safe staffing move at public hospitals as 'momentous'

Nurses have been "fatigued and frustrated" for a long time.

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'Disgraceful': Aged care closure leaves family with nowhere to go

After 15 years at the Wallsend facility, family now left in lurch.

The Guardian - AU

NSW opposition calls for central register of sites under investigation amid asbestos crisis

Environment spokesperson Kellie Sloane says park users should not hear about potential contamination through the media

AAP

Tougher penalties ahead after $1m illegal vaping blitz

A major vaping blitz uncovered more than 30,000 contraband items hidden in shops across Sydney as the NSW health minister calls for tougher penalties.

Newcastle Herald

'Timely': Hunter to get nurses from UK and Ireland in public health boost

Boost follows years of frustration in nursing ranks over staffing.

The Guardian - AU

Mayor issues flood warning – as it happened

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AAP

Fresh Sydney measles alert after second infant infected

People returning from Asia and the Middle East are being urged to look out for measles symptoms after a second infant arrived in Sydney with the disease.

AAP

Vape inaction 'not an option' despite huge GP need

Australia is being urged to address the emerging health crisis of vaping amid a warning that 450,000 users will need regular GP visits for prescriptions.

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