St John eyes expansion of urgent care network as Medicare clinics move in

St John eyes expansion of urgent care network as Medicare clinics move in

When St John WA opened the doors to its urgent care clinics across suburban Perth to ease demand on overrun emergency departments,all you needed was your Medicare card.

  • bySarah Brookes

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The common conditions keeping patients in hospital longer

The common conditions keeping patients in hospital longer

A record number of patients with the most serious,life-threatening conditions were treated by paramedics and emergency departments in the last quarter of 2023.

  • byAngus Thomson
This midwife is double COVID-vaxxed – but she’s still banned from returning to work

This midwife is double COVID-vaxxed – but she’s still banned from returning to work

Strict vaccination rules require hospital workers to have at least one booster shot,but easing the lingering mandate would bring Victoria in line with other states,and has been backed by vaccine experts.

  • byBroede Carmody andAisha Dow
Expert panel to guide ‘incredibly broad’ state health inquiry
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Expert panel to guide ‘incredibly broad’ state health inquiry

The funding inquiry has received more than 238 submissions from healthcare services and other stakeholders,totalling more than 5300 pages.

  • byMary Ward
Nurses revolt against staffing changes as St Vincent’s confirms financial woes
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Nurses revolt against staffing changes as St Vincent’s confirms financial woes

Changes to staff allocations will affect some of their most vulnerable patients,say nurses.

  • byAngus Thomson
WA nurses’ union forms new party as health looms large over 2025 election
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WA nurses’ union forms new party as health looms large over 2025 election

Nurses and Midwives WA candidates will run at the 2025 state election on a platform of improving the health system.

  • byMichael Genovese andGary Adshead
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The Sydney hospital on its last warning
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The Sydney hospital on its last warning

Junior doctors are dangerously exhausted and senior staff are too busy to train them at Concord Hospital’s troubled radiology department.

  • byAngus Thomson
Paramedic pay dispute threatens NYE emergency response

Paramedic pay dispute threatens NYE emergency response

Health Minister Ryan Park warns parliament may be recalled to pass legislation to stop paramedics crippling the triple zero network.

  • byMichael McGowan andLaura Banks
‘My life changed for the worse that day’:Why Julie can’t go to work any more

‘My life changed for the worse that day’:Why Julie can’t go to work any more

Nurse Julie Carey had witnessed many acts of violence and aggression by patients. But after an incident in January,she could no longer set foot inside her hospital.

  • byLaura Banks andAngus Thomson
Why our health system needs its own emergency care

Why our health system needs its own emergency care

NSW citizens now spend a median three hours and 36 minutes in hospital emergency departments,the longest on record.

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363,251 calls in three months:Ambulances,emergency departments full to the brim
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363,251 calls in three months:Ambulances,emergency departments full to the brim

The continued strain on frontline workers has prompted the state government to set up a taskforce charged with slashing emergency department wait times.

  • byAngus Thomson