NSLHD board opposes the rezoning of lot 4b for building of Herbert Street precinct.

They wanted a hospital upgrade. A 62-storey apartment tower is proposed instead

The sale of prime public land next to Royal North Shore Hospital has drawn fierce opposition from the community and the hospital’s board,documents reveal.

  • Angus Thomson

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Plans unveiled in 2020 for the redevelopment of a vacant block near Royal North Shore Hospital. The block is now up for sale to private developers.
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Old plans to develop hospital land

Plans unveiled in 2020 for the redevelopment of a vacant block near Royal North Shore Hospital. The block is now up for sale to private developers.

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Review slams plans,budgets for flawed Queensland hospital projects

At one construction site,an impasse over a tree is costing $54,000 a day. At another,no-one realised the entire power system would have to be upgraded.

  • Tim Arvier

In a medical crisis,who will speak for you? Here’s how people plan ahead

It can happen in an instant. When you can’t make decisions about your own medical treatment,who steps into your shoes? And how do doctors know what you want (and don’t want)?

  • Nick Newling andFelicity Lewis
Composite image of the Massa family and NSW Health Minister Ryan Park.

‘Would Joe be alive?’ Family demands answers after scathing audit

The Minns government says it is committed to ending its agreement with private operator Healthscope despite rejecting two offers to take the hospital into public hands.

  • Angus Thomson andKate Aubusson
Marlyn Torres and son Ali,9. Ali is a patient at the Children’s Cancer Centre at the RCH who uses Art and Music Therapy.

Royal Children’s Hospital backs down on staffing cuts to kids’ cancer centre

Three days after The Age revealed the plan to cut 13 positions,the hospital confirmed the roles have now been saved.

  • Broede Carmody andAlexander Darling
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James Tsindos’ family (left to right) sisters Elpida (in black),Kristina,and Georgia (in white) mother Venetia (holding a picture of James) and father Harry Tsindos,at home. 17 year old James Tsindos died in 2021 after going to Holmesglen Private Hospital.

‘I’m waiting for him to come home’:Private hospital under fire over 17-year-old’s sudden death

Three families whose children died at privately run emergency departments overseen by financially stricken Healthscope have spoken out about their ordeals.

  • Christine Ahern andNatalie Clancy
Children’s Cancer Foundation chair Jaala Pulford.

Royal Children’s Hospital’s key donors hit back at claims they caused lay-offs

Donors to the Royal Children’s Hospital say they are committed to ensuring programs in the cancer centre continue to be funded.

  • Broede Carmody,Brittany Busch andAshleigh McMillan
The Children’s Cancer Centre at the Royal Children’s Hospital is being hit with redundancies.

‘Appalling act’:Royal Children’s Hospital to slash cancer centre jobs on eve of charity appeal

The Children’s Cancer Centre will lose as many as 10 full-time equivalent roles,including dedicated mental health workers,in a move staff have described as devastating.

  • Broede Carmody
Beds were removed from Blacktown Hospital on Thursday amid the doctors’ strike.

In Sydney’s EDs,they took away the beds. But the patients kept coming

Thousands of doctors have returned to work,but their anger with the NSW government has not gone away. Here’s what happens next.

  • Angus Thomson