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Serious flaws at hospital where kids died after waiting

Serious flaws at hospital where kids died after waiting

A scathing report accuses the operator of a controversial hospital where two children died of inaction and failing to meet healthcare standards.

Parents reveal toll of devastating hospital death

Parents reveal toll of devastating hospital death

Parents reveal toll of devastating hospital death

Parents reveal toll of devastating hospital death

Parents of a child who died after being treated at a Sydney hospital run in a public-private partnership have opened up on their loss.

One state won't leave cardiac arrest survival to chance

One state won't leave cardiac arrest survival to chance

One state won't leave cardiac arrest survival to chance

One state won't leave cardiac arrest survival to chance

People who suffer cardiac arrest are more likely to survive the medical condition in one Australian state than almost anywhere else in the world.

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Better value for patients in bid to fix transparency

Better value for patients in bid to fix transparency

The amount Australians must pay for their medical costs will become clearer under an election promise to improve the nation's price disclosure tool.

$1.9m hit in biggest NDIS fine after 'terrible' death

$1.9m hit in biggest NDIS fine after 'terrible' death

An NDIS provider has been hit with the highest ever civil penalty of its kind over failures that led an at-risk man to die after choking on a toasted sandwich.

Carer, student, youth support payments set to grow

Carer, student, youth support payments set to grow

Young Australians, students, carers and other who receive government support allowances will take home more as indexation increases their payments.

Drive with care: Uber launches service for extra help

Drive with care: Uber launches service for extra help

A rideshare service trialled in the United States will be launched in Australia, letting caregivers book rides for the people they help.

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Survival chance lost after hospital misdiagnosis

Survival chance lost after hospital misdiagnosis

Survival chance lost after hospital misdiagnosis

Survival chance lost after hospital misdiagnosis

A coroner says the death of a 65-year-old man was certain after a hospital incorrectly diagnosed gastrointestinal bleeding as pneumonia.

Record number of GPs in training but 'job not done'

Record number of GPs in training but 'job not done'

Record number of GPs in training but 'job not done'

Record number of GPs in training but 'job not done'

Australia is facing a severe shortage of GPs. Though more medical students are opting to become local doctors, peak medical bodies say more must be done.

Push to expand Medicare for better mental health access

Push to expand Medicare for better mental health access

Push to expand Medicare for better mental health access

Push to expand Medicare for better mental health access

Australians could have improved access to mental health support under a Greens election proposal to shore up the psychology workforce and expand Medicare.

Caring young Aussies paying an educational price

Caring young Aussies paying an educational price

Caring young Aussies paying an educational price

Caring young Aussies paying an educational price

One-in-six Australians aged 16 and 17 are acting as carers according to ANU research, with Indigenous people recording an even higher number.

Scrap 'onerous' fines for aged care staff: union

Scrap 'onerous' fines for aged care staff: union

Scrap 'onerous' fines for aged care staff: union

Scrap 'onerous' fines for aged care staff: union

An overhaul of the aged care sector should remove large financial penalties for individual staff who breach the code of conduct, advocates say

Aged care reforms may not alleviate long waiting times

Aged care reforms may not alleviate long waiting times

Aged care reforms may not alleviate long waiting times

Aged care reforms may not alleviate long waiting times

The inspector-general for aged care has told an inquiry older Australians may still be forced to wait long periods to access support despite sector reforms.

Higher aged care payments to boost quality, fairness

Higher aged care payments to boost quality, fairness

Higher aged care payments to boost quality, fairness

Higher aged care payments to boost quality, fairness

Reforms that will help older Australians to live at home for longer are also hoped to improve generational fairness and bolster aged care quality.

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Aged care reforms home in on freedom for older Aussies

Aged and home care systems will receive billions of dollars in funding in a bid to improve living conditions for older Australians.

Hospital failed boy before his avoidable death: coroner

A toddler's death from bacterial meningitis could have been prevented if he wasn't initially misdiagnosed, a coroner has found.

Aged care food staff re-class amid mass malnourishment

A bid to stretch resources has resulted in aged care food staff being re-classified as personal care workers as four in 10 residents remain malnourished.

Australia warned to wise up as cyber attacks continue

As technology evolves, so do criminals, and the government must update its infrastructure and standards to keep Australians safe, an expert has urged.

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NDIS provider to be made example with man's death case

A judge will let a shuttered NDIS provider continue being sued over a disabled man's death in order to promote compliance with the relevant laws.

Hospital set for AI medical scans in 'Australian first'

Artificial intelligence is set to used to help with medical scans by a Queensland public hospital in what has been hailed as an Australian first.

Funding plea as health system faces 'national crisis'

Patients are copping the brunt of a deteriorating health system as state and territory health ministers call on the federal government to help fix the "crisis".

'We will catch you': Shorten pledges NDIS fraud action

Criminals and charlatans attempting to defraud the National Disability Insurance Scheme have been warned they will be caught.

Reforms target scrutiny of fertility clinic services

Proposed laws in Queensland will bring greater scrutiny to IVF and fertility services, as well as the introduction of a donor conception register.

Disability service accused of reporting failures

A disability service provider has been taken to court by the NDIS Commission for allegedly failing to report incidents within legally required time periods.

Disability service cops $1.8m fine for burns death

Regional NSW's biggest disability provider has been fined $1.8 million over "extremely serious" breaches that led to an Indigenous woman's burns-related death.

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