Staff shortages trigger regional hospital emergency declarations
Sydney Morning Herald » Healthcare
by Benjamin Preiss
2y ago
Regional hospitals are coming under intense demand as they struggle to find enough staff to treat patients. One has been left without urgent care doctors overnight, for a week ..read more
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Dental waiting lists hit 100,000 with 15-month delay for appointment
Sydney Morning Herald » Healthcare
by Lucy Carroll
2y ago
Dentists warn lockdowns have exacerbated delays and forced huge numbers of patients to wait years to have tooth decay, gum disease, broken fillings and cavities treated ..read more
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‘Bureaucratic nightmare’: NDIS putting lives at risk, say advocacy groups
Sydney Morning Herald » Healthcare
by Andrew Taylor
2y ago
The agency running the NDIS has been criticised for wasting money and in many cases failing to meet the needs of clients ..read more
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Top doctors back calls for crackdown on cosmetic surgery ‘cowboys’
Sydney Morning Herald » Healthcare
by Lucy Carroll
2y ago
Many of the doctors are demanding an end to the unfettered use of social media by practitioners and laws to stop rogue medicos calling themselves “cosmetic surgeons ..read more
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On the nose: celebrity surgeon William Mooney struck off over patient deaths
Sydney Morning Herald » Healthcare
by Kate McClymont
2y ago
The surgeon was struck off for a year after a tribunal found his negligence resulted in the deaths of two patients, as revealed in a Herald investigation ..read more
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‘Unique on a global scale’: NSW nears elimination of HIV as cases fall to record lows
Sydney Morning Herald » Healthcare
by Lucy Carroll
2y ago
Reaching the milestone would make the state one of the first places in the world to eliminate HIV before the global target of 2030 ..read more
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NSW to end COVID-19 household isolation rules
Sydney Morning Herald » Healthcare
by Lucy Cormack
2y ago
NSW and Victoria will end one of the last major remaining pandemic restrictions as both states pass the peak of the latest Omicron wave ..read more
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Cancer surgery delays as doctors cast doubt on $1.5b elective waiting list blitz
Sydney Morning Herald » Healthcare
by Melissa Cunningham
2y ago
Cancer surgery is being delayed almost daily at the flagship Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, a scenario surgeons say is happening at every hospital across the state amid ongoing severe staffing and bed shortages ..read more
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COVID-19 cases in WA trend up slightly despite low weekend testing numbers
Sydney Morning Herald » Healthcare
by Peter de Kruijff
2y ago
The seven-day average for daily cases in WA had dropped to 6509 on Wednesday but has gone back up to 6705 as of Monday ..read more
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Why we still need to listen to experts on COVID-19 rules
Sydney Morning Herald » Healthcare
by Hassan Vally
2y ago
One of the reasons we have been so successful in navigating the pandemic is that we have listened to the experts in Australia ..read more
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