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Call to claw back Medicare from gouging specialists

Call to claw back Medicare from gouging specialists

Australians are being forced to skip or delay specialist care as fees rise far faster than inflation and cost growth, the Grattan Institute has found.

Nurses to stop work as retention concerns mount

Nurses to stop work as retention concerns mount

Nurses to stop work as retention concerns mount

Nurses to stop work as retention concerns mount

Nurses at a major capital city hospital will stop work and rally for better pay and conditions to prevent them from becoming the lowest-paid in Australia.

She's met royalty but ordinary Aussies inspire nurse

She's met royalty but ordinary Aussies inspire nurse

She's met royalty but ordinary Aussies inspire nurse

She's met royalty but ordinary Aussies inspire nurse

A flight nurse retiring after more than 27 years of helping rural families will always remember quietly moving moments between parents and their sick children.

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Rural medical students are just what the doctor ordered

Rural medical students are just what the doctor ordered

Two young medical students are helping rural teenagers get into university as country high schools face science teacher shortages and bush hospitals shrink.

Election pledges yet to remedy 'gaps' in health care

Election pledges yet to remedy 'gaps' in health care

As roads and crime dominate a state election campaign, regional residents and doctors say gaps in access to specialist health care deserve greater attention.

Hospital data breach pauses overseas doctor training

Hospital data breach pauses overseas doctor training

A data breach that led to 12 pregnant women's confidential information being shared online has resulted in the suspension of a medical observer program.

Coroner finds girl's hospital death was preventable

Coroner finds girl's hospital death was preventable

The parents of a girl who died in hospital after presenting with a stomach ache have wiped away tears as a coroner released findings into her death.

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Former college head wrongly touched junior doctors

Former college head wrongly touched junior doctors

Former college head wrongly touched junior doctors

Former college head wrongly touched junior doctors

Australia's former medical college head was banned for 12 months after inappropriately touching junior doctors he supervised, a tribunal found.

Nurses 'angry, distressed' amid chemical exposure fears

Nurses 'angry, distressed' amid chemical exposure fears

Nurses 'angry, distressed' amid chemical exposure fears

Nurses 'angry, distressed' amid chemical exposure fears

Revelations staff at a major hospital might have been exposed to toxic chemicals have left health workers desperately waiting for answers, a union claims.

Vital medical service to fly further with landmark deal

Vital medical service to fly further with landmark deal

Vital medical service to fly further with landmark deal

Vital medical service to fly further with landmark deal

The Royal Flying Doctor Service has nudged aside CareFlight to win a 10-year, $625 million contract to provide aeromedical flights across a vast territory.

Doctors to walk out as fears over patients' safety grow

Doctors to walk out as fears over patients' safety grow

Doctors to walk out as fears over patients' safety grow

Doctors to walk out as fears over patients' safety grow

A state's public hospital system will be without thousands of doctors for four hours later this week as they bid to win fairer pay and safer workloads.

Sky's the limit for bush medics but policy doesn't land

Sky's the limit for bush medics but policy doesn't land

Sky's the limit for bush medics but policy doesn't land

Sky's the limit for bush medics but policy doesn't land

Rural Australians are dying earlier than their city peers amid health workforce shortages, as outdated policies continue to lure most specialists to the cities.

Hero to zero: rural emergency workers' heavy burden

Hero to zero: rural emergency workers' heavy burden

Hero to zero: rural emergency workers' heavy burden

Hero to zero: rural emergency workers' heavy burden

Rural first responders face added mental health risks due to isolation, hero worship, misogyny, judgement and expectations to be stoic, research has found.

Double dose of meds among failures before NT death

Double dose of meds among failures before NT death

Double dose of meds among failures before NT death

Double dose of meds among failures before NT death

A coroner has recommended sweeping changes to hospital procedures after an over-sedated psychiatric patient suffered a preventable death.

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Australian-first women's pain standard for healthcare

An Australian-first standard for women's pain has been announced in one state to ensure public health professionals take women more seriously in treating pain.

Ex-surgeon referred to tribunal for alleged misconduct

Hundreds of patients have contacted lawyers about the treatment they received from a former gynaecologist, who is accused of performing unnecessary surgeries.

Scientist's brainstorm transforms dementia-risk testing

A pivotal moment in a dementia clinic waiting room has led researchers to create a quick, simple test that reveals a person's risk of developing the disease.

At least 2000 people killed in Congo's Ebola outbreak

Congo's has recorded 2011 deaths among confirmed Ebola cases as authorities struggle to slow the fastest-growing outbreak on record.

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Pay rise for aged-care nurses amid dire worker shortage

The federal government hopes a milestone pay rise for aged-care workers will help attract and retain staff in a sector stretched by shortages.

Saving lives, playing gigs all in a country practice

A doctor who moved to the country to save up for a sailing trip is still working in the bush 40 years later, a career path he encourages others to explore.

More charges for pediatrician accused of molesting kids

A child-sex-accused pediatrician has been slugged with a slew of fresh charges, as a court hears there could be seven more victims.

Blow for case against nurses over anti-Israel video

The case against two nurses accused of threatening Israeli patients has sustained a major hit as a video of their alleged remarks was ruled inadmissible.

Long, expensive 'slog' between health studies and work

Unpaid prac placements for health students, amounting to hundreds of hours of free work, are in the crosshairs of independent MPs and 43,000 petitioners.

Pediatrician accused of molesting 10 kids faces court

A child-sex accused pediatrician has faced court after police charged him with a slew of offences over nine more alleged victims.

Free birth complications rise, hospital dobbed in doula

A perception doctors and midwives are "doing things to women without consent" may be behind a rise in free births, an inquest into a mother's death has heard.

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