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Review sparked after three deaths at mental health unit

Review sparked after three deaths at mental health unit

Multiple deaths at a Brisbane hospital have sparked an independent review, with Queensland's public mental health services under fire.

Design and death: palliative care needs more creativity

Design and death: palliative care needs more creativity

Design and death: palliative care needs more creativity

Design and death: palliative care needs more creativity

Experts say there needs to be greater design innovation in palliative care but attempts at change are being hamstrung by state governments.

Doctors underwhelmed by emergency department review

Doctors underwhelmed by emergency department review

Doctors underwhelmed by emergency department review

Doctors underwhelmed by emergency department review

A review of Tasmania's hospital emergency departments has come up short and state and federal governments need to do more, Australia's peak medical body says.

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Monash Health pleads guilty over patient's death

Monash Health pleads guilty over patient's death

Monash Health admits it breached health and safety legislation before a mental health patient took her own life at Casey Hospital in Melbourne's southeast.

Anxiety clinic calms kids before medical procedures

Anxiety clinic calms kids before medical procedures

A pre-surgery anxiety clinic in Brisbane has been working to calm worried children before they undergo medical tests or procedures.

Cyber breach impacts family violence, sex assault data

Cyber breach impacts family violence, sex assault data

Data from 4000 people who used Monash Health's family violence and sexual assault support units across two decades has been caught in a data breach.

Fake patients in waiting room, ambulance for ruse

Fake patients in waiting room, ambulance for ruse

Patient safety could have been compromised when hospital workers posed as patients in a waiting room and ambulance during a ministerial visit, a probe found.

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Nurse pay fight continues with action threatened

Nurse pay fight continues with action threatened

Nurse pay fight continues with action threatened

Nurse pay fight continues with action threatened

Negotiations continue on a new agreement for nurses, who are threatening to shut up to a quarter of public hospital beds if an industrial dispute drags on.

After 25 years, birthing suite available for rural mums

After 25 years, birthing suite available for rural mums

After 25 years, birthing suite available for rural mums

After 25 years, birthing suite available for rural mums

Expectant mums in Queensland's far north have been forced to travel more than 800km to the nearest birthing suite for more than two decades.

New drug to reduce brain cell death in stroke patients

New drug to reduce brain cell death in stroke patients

New drug to reduce brain cell death in stroke patients

New drug to reduce brain cell death in stroke patients

A new drug is undergoing trials in hospitals across Australia with hopes it will be used by first responders to slow brain injury during the onset of a stroke.

Ray of light amid darkening health crisis

Ray of light amid darkening health crisis

Ray of light amid darkening health crisis

Ray of light amid darkening health crisis

South Australia recorded its second-worst month for ambulance ramping in March but one hospital is bucking the trend to show a way out of the crisis.

Overdue surgery list slashed but COVID hangover lingers

Overdue surgery list slashed but COVID hangover lingers

Overdue surgery list slashed but COVID hangover lingers

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.

Man awarded millions after hospital causes brain damage

Man awarded millions after hospital causes brain damage

Man awarded millions after hospital causes brain damage

Man awarded millions after hospital causes brain damage

A man's diagnostic surgery for abdominal pain led to injuries and multiple complications that damaged his speech and mobility.

$2b budget boost needed for hospitals in 'crisis': AMA

$2b budget boost needed for hospitals in 'crisis': AMA

$2b budget boost needed for hospitals in 'crisis': AMA

$2b budget boost needed for hospitals in 'crisis': AMA

Australia's peak medical body has called for urgent steps to help reform the nation's public health system.

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Tas ramping 'ban' hits hurdle as watchdog halts policy

Tasmania's Industrial Commission has ordered the Liberal government's plan to ban ramping to be halted due to insufficient consultation with stakeholders.

Corruption watchdog to probe whistleblowers' claims

Queensland's health minister says it is concerning whistleblowers are allegedly facing reprisal for speaking out about patient care at a tuberculosis unit.

Record emergency visits driving long hospital waits

NSW hospitals have seen a record number of patients seeking urgent care but the health minister says emergency departments cannot be used as medical centres.

Review launched into sexual harassment of health staff

An independent review of sexual assault and harassment policies in Queensland hospitals will be launched amid concerns about workplace culture.

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Spinal injuries rise due to falls and road accidents

New data indicates an increasing trend in Australians suffering from spinal injuries with falls and transport incidents behind a majority of hospitalisations.

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.

Massive 5kg tumour removed from woman after son's birth

A young mother had a five kilogram ovarian tumour removed after giving birth to her son in Brisbane.

Syphilis cases surge, spark government intervention

Syphilis cases have risen in Queensland by more than 25 per cent over the past year, with the state government now intervening to stop the spread.

Hospital head 'falsified death certificates'

An inquiry has been told a former senior executive at a Tasmanian hospital falsified death certificates and didn't report matters for investigation as required.

Hospital's 'fake patients' claim under investigation

An investigator will look into allegations staff and family members posed as urgent care patients when a minister visited a hospital in regional Victoria.

Paramedic behind leaked photo of shark attack victim

NSW Ambulance says it has apologised to a shark attack survivor and her family after a graphic image of her injury was circulated online.

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