An independent review found there was widespread confusion among patients about the qualifications of podiatric surgeons,who are not medical doctors.
Victoria’s biggest ever hospital will transform Melbourne’s western suburbs when it opens in Footscray next year.
A coroner has been told that Victoria’s triple-zero service missed key opportunities to prepare for a pandemic demand surge,including rejecting an offer to borrow call-takers.
Khannah Grace was 31 when she was told she had a mystery cancer and given one to five years to live. There is hope a new blood test will spare patients the anguish of ongoing uncertainty.
An ultra-rare genetic mutation has seven-year-old Sasha Lipworth regressing into infancy. Her diagnosis this month gives her a front-row seat to the future of medicine.
The former Victorian premier’s private office was extensively involved in responding to health-related media inquiries,prompting warnings about the centralisation of power.
More than half of Victoria’s health services are running low on cash,prompting fears of lay-offs without a major funding injection from the state government.
Three practitioners involved in the care of a Melbourne woman,who died shortly after a routine procedure,had conditions imposed on their medical registrations in the years and months before her death.
Doctors are rethinking how we tell Australians to manage sun exposure,amid high vitamin D deficiency.
Nurses setting out on door-knocks and days-long boat rides to remote islands have helped Tuvalu achieve the remarkable.
The suspension of a doctor whose patient died after an abortion he performed has sparked a wider investigation as authorities fear for other patients.