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'Life or death': rural health back under the spotlight

'Life or death': rural health back under the spotlight

An inquiry will examine the NSW government's progress in improving healthcare in rural areas, 18 months after revelations the system was at breaking point.

Qld Health faces long-stay patient challenge

Qld Health faces long-stay patient challenge

Qld Health faces long-stay patient challenge

Qld Health faces long-stay patient challenge

The Queensland government will inject $200 million over two years to help address the number of long stay hospital patients causing significant challenges.

Queensland's opposition ramps up pledge on ambulances

Queensland's opposition ramps up pledge on ambulances

Queensland's opposition ramps up pledge on ambulances

Queensland's opposition ramps up pledge on ambulances

LNP leader David Crisafulli has signalled an early election commitment to reduce ambulance ramping in Queensland as hospitals struggle.

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Plan to step up climate investment in vital regions

Plan to step up climate investment in vital regions

Super funds and other climate investors have released a plan to help bankroll new industries so workers facing job losses do not shoulder the burden alone.

PM confident of delivering on urgent care clinics

PM confident of delivering on urgent care clinics

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told a nursing conference the government will exceed its target for urgent care clinics

Doctors call for private help in at-home rehab reforms

Doctors call for private help in at-home rehab reforms

Doctors say expanding out-of-hospital care to more patients in the private health system could save millions of dollars and free up thousands of hospital beds.

Unpaid carers are 'unsung heroes' of care economy

Unpaid carers are 'unsung heroes' of care economy

As Australians live longer and more people deal with dementia, unpaid carers say they need greater support to keep the care economy afloat.

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Angry regional midwives rally for better resources

Angry regional midwives rally for better resources

Angry regional midwives rally for better resources

Angry regional midwives rally for better resources

Frustrated Queensland midwives are demanding better resourcing after a safety audit revealed some are allocated up to 20 mothers and babies at a time.

Improvements to health care on national cabinet agenda

Improvements to health care on national cabinet agenda

Improvements to health care on national cabinet agenda

Improvements to health care on national cabinet agenda

Reforming health across the country will be top of the agenda at the next national cabinet meeting later this year.

Rising child deaths spark hospital reports reform

Rising child deaths spark hospital reports reform

Rising child deaths spark hospital reports reform

Rising child deaths spark hospital reports reform

A spike in preventable deaths and harm in Victorian hospitals will lead to the creation of an escalation system to allow parents to report their concerns.

Birthing on Country leads to healthy mothers and babies

Birthing on Country leads to healthy mothers and babies

Birthing on Country leads to healthy mothers and babies

Birthing on Country leads to healthy mothers and babies

Culturally-safe care, birthing on country and increasing the number of Indigenous nurses and midwives all contribute to healthy and thriving First Nations bubs.

Budget boost for Qld regional maternity services

Budget boost for Qld regional maternity services

Budget boost for Qld regional maternity services

Budget boost for Qld regional maternity services

Maternity services in regional Queensland will be bolstered with a $42 million investment in the state budget to be handed down next week.

Qld premier reveals personal pain of tragic miscarriage

Qld premier reveals personal pain of tragic miscarriage

Qld premier reveals personal pain of tragic miscarriage

Qld premier reveals personal pain of tragic miscarriage

Annastacia Palaszczuk has shared her experience of having a miscarriage at home as another woman's distressing hospital experience leads to a major review.

Audit finds Indigenous gaps in lifespan and health

Audit finds Indigenous gaps in lifespan and health

Audit finds Indigenous gaps in lifespan and health

Audit finds Indigenous gaps in lifespan and health

Queensland Health could not demonstrate how culturally appropriate care for Indigenous people had improved over the last 13 years.

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Traumatic miscarriage case triggers hospital review

A government review has been ordered after a woman said she was traumatised by her treatment at a Queensland hospital following a miscarriage.

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