'That's what's got us worried': the illnesses on the rise as winter sets in 'There are lots of other respiratory viruses circulating.' Newcastle Herald · Aug 6
Sydney nurses stood down after claiming they would kill Israeli patients in social media video PM condemns footage as ‘sickening’ as police and the healthcare watchdog investigate The Guardian - AU · Feb 12, 2025
'Frightening' wait times for psychiatric patients Public-sector psychiatrists fear mental health patients are receiving inadequate care due to chronic staff shortages in the nation's largest health system. AAP · Jan 31, 2025
NSW government in 11th-hour bid to postpone mass resignation of psychiatrists State asks Industrial Relations Commission to urgently arbitrate on the matter before resignations take effect from Wednesday The Guardian - AU · Jan 20, 2025
Half of the psychiatrists in NSW’s public service are preparing to resign. Here’s why Health minister Mark Butler warns of ‘devastating consequences’ for patients and their families if the strike goes ahead The Guardian - AU · Jan 14, 2025
EDs face surge of patients with psychiatrist exodus Emergency departments could bear the brunt of housing large numbers of mental health patients after 60 per cent of one state's psychiatrists threatened to quit. AAP · Jan 14, 2025
Govt throwing mental health patients 'under the bus' Mental health patients in Australia's most populous state are being neglected by their government which is failing to retain psychiatrists, a union says. AAP · Jan 11, 2025
Paramedic helicopter promise struggles for lift-off Building one new helicopter base a year for three years to improve regional health care is proving far more difficult than first thought. AAP · Dec 2, 2024
'Much-loved' doctor's colleagues 'feeling very raw' after bus crash death Junior medical officer Rebecca Mullen was one of the 10 people who died in the accident at a roundabout on Wine Country Drive. Newcastle Herald · Jun 14, 2023
Young mother suffers miscarriage waiting 11 hours to access emergency department Ambulances stuck waiting to unload patients as region's EDs struggle to cope. Newcastle Herald · Dec 25, 2022
John Hunter Hospital turmoil explored by independent policy compliance check NSW Health secretary has "no reason" to believe Hunter New England Health chief executive is not executing role in any other way but to support his hospital. Newcastle Herald · Oct 27, 2022
NSW records longest ambulance wait times since records were made publicly available Health officials say high COVID-19 numbers and relaxed restrictions led to a "fluctuation" in performance in hospitals and ambulance response times in the first three months of the year. ABC News · Jun 14, 2022
NSW hospitals struggled amid Omicron surge Patients in NSW faced longer waits for ambulances and in emergency departments as the COVID-19 Omicron variant surged. AAP · Jun 14, 2022
Average wait times for NSW ambulances the worst in 12 years of records Health secretary says emergency departments remain under significant pressure due to high Covid-19 and flu cases The Guardian - AU · Jun 14, 2022
AAP · May 26, 2022 Paramedics ramp up NSW industrial action NSW paramedics plan to escalate industrial action in their battle for better pay and resources amid unprecedented demand for ambulance services.
AAP · Mar 10, 2022 Paramedic left to run NSW town hospital Leaving an emergency paramedic to run a hospital during a COVID-19 outbreak was not a "perfect" decision, the NSW Health Secretary has acknowledged.
AAP · Feb 21, 2022 NSW's $4 billion spend on pandemic health The federal government has welcomed a move to scrap rules requiring close COVID-19 contacts to isolate, as NSW marks one year since its vaccine program began.
ABC News · Jan 26, 2022 NSW records 29 COVID deaths, push for booster uptake intensifies The NSW Health Minister says the number of people getting a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot isn't good enough as hundreds of thousands of appointments go to waste.