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Ambos delayed as long weekend, heat stretches resources

Ambos delayed as long weekend, heat stretches resources

Ambulance services were under pressure after an influx of people seeking emergency help was driven by public holiday festivities and warm weather.

Doctors hail Medicare changes as win for rural patients

Doctors hail Medicare changes as win for rural patients

Doctors hail Medicare changes as win for rural patients

Doctors hail Medicare changes as win for rural patients

Rebates for longer phone consultations will help marginalised patients, including those who live far from health care or who cannot access video technology.

Health provider charged over new mum's death in care

Health provider charged over new mum's death in care

Health provider charged over new mum's death in care

Health provider charged over new mum's death in care

A hospital's parent company has been charged with exposing patients to health and safety risks following the death of a struggling new mum.

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Voluntary assisted dying to be legal across Australia

Voluntary assisted dying to be legal across Australia

Three decades after a territory's voluntary assisted dying laws were overturned, they are set to be reinstated and come into line with other jurisdictions.

Aboriginal people report less respectful hospital care

Aboriginal people report less respectful hospital care

Aboriginal patients' experiences in hospital can be improved by the right support, but feedback on their care is still poorer than non-Indigenous people's.

Australian hospitals facing strain as admissions soar

Australian hospitals facing strain as admissions soar

Even when adjusted for population growth, Australian hospitals admit more patients now than a decade ago with millions of additional visits every year.

GPs hail 'life-changing' ADHD medication rule change

GPs hail 'life-changing' ADHD medication rule change

Local doctors will be able to provide ongoing care for hundreds of thousands of Australians with ADHD, relieving specialist costs and months-long wait lists.

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Woman gives birth to stranger's baby after IVF bungle

Woman gives birth to stranger's baby after IVF bungle

Woman gives birth to stranger's baby after IVF bungle

Woman gives birth to stranger's baby after IVF bungle

A mistake at a fertility care clinic has resulted in a woman unknowingly giving birth to another patient's baby after their embryos were mixed up.

Thai woman gives birth to baby girl amid quake chaos

Thai woman gives birth to baby girl amid quake chaos

Thai woman gives birth to baby girl amid quake chaos

Thai woman gives birth to baby girl amid quake chaos

A Thai woman went into labour as a hospital in Bangkok was being evacuated during an earthquake.

Better value for patients in bid to fix transparency

Better value for patients in bid to fix transparency

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.

Toddler 'failed' in hospital death, parents want change

Toddler 'failed' in hospital death, parents want change

Toddler 'failed' in hospital death, parents want change

Toddler 'failed' in hospital death, parents want change

A private hospital operator has been accused of failing at every level after a two-year-old died hours after being rushed to an emergency department.

Chinese herbalist guilty after diabetic patient dies

Chinese herbalist guilty after diabetic patient dies

Chinese herbalist guilty after diabetic patient dies

Chinese herbalist guilty after diabetic patient dies

A Chinese herbalist and acupuncturist is guilty of professional misconduct over the death of a diabetic patient who he advised to stop taking western medicine.

Swimming changing lives for those with cerebral palsy

Swimming changing lives for those with cerebral palsy

Swimming changing lives for those with cerebral palsy

Swimming changing lives for those with cerebral palsy

A groundbreaking competitive swimming program designed for young people with severe cerebral palsy is reversing the motor decline associated with the condition.

Breakthrough use of lab-grown skin on burns patient

Breakthrough use of lab-grown skin on burns patient

Breakthrough use of lab-grown skin on burns patient

Breakthrough use of lab-grown skin on burns patient

An Australian burns patients has been treated with lab-grown skin using his own cells that has dramatically reduced the risk of infection.

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Surgeon to practice again despite past deaths and drugs

A surgeon has taken steps to better himself and can practice again after two of his patients died and he was caught buying cocaine in a Sydney beachside suburb.

Long wait for aged-care bed, NDIS places clog hospitals

A chronic shortage in NDIS and aged-care placements is crippling the NSW hospital system, the state's health minister says.

Call for support as eye care becomes too dear for many

Australians without private health insurance need more support for eye care with about one in four patients unable to afford treatment, researchers say.

'Get tested': how hip pain led to late cancer diagnosis

Australian men are being urged not to neglect their health after a squash coach who thought he had a sports injury was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer.

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Sydney surgeon in spotlight for patient's death

A surgeon doing a routine hernia operation has been found responsible for a series of failures leading to a man's death, an inquest has heard.

Melbourne GP suspended for treating family members

A Victorian GP has been suspended for six months for treating six members of her own family when she wasn't supposed to.

Melbourne GP cleared after sex with patient in toilets

A Melbourne doctor who had drunken sex with a patient in the toilets of a bar has been cleared of any wrongdoing by a tribunal.

Doctors defend seven-day delay for patient results

Delaying patient results could prevent misinformation and distress, doctors say, as the government tries to scrap wait times for scans and medical tests.

National standards a turning point for cosmetic surgery

Australians who want cosmetic surgery will have to undergo a health assessment under fresh national standards to be mandated across the sector.

Australians delaying doctor visits due to rising costs

Put off by surging prices, patients are increasingly delaying or skipping important appointments with doctors, dentists and medical health professionals.

Grandmother dies as officer faces Taser assault charges

Grandmother Clare Nowland has died after being tasered at a nursing home a week ago, with a police officer facing three criminal charges over the incident.

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