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.
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.
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.
The funding inquiry has received more than 238 submissions from healthcare services and other stakeholders,totalling more than 5300 pages.
Changes to staff allocations will affect some of their most vulnerable patients,say nurses.
Nurses and Midwives WA candidates will run at the 2025 state election on a platform of improving the health system.
Junior doctors are dangerously exhausted and senior staff are too busy to train them at Concord Hospital’s troubled radiology department.
Health Minister Ryan Park warns parliament may be recalled to pass legislation to stop paramedics crippling the triple zero network.
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.
NSW citizens now spend a median three hours and 36 minutes in hospital emergency departments,the longest on record.
The continued strain on frontline workers has prompted the state government to set up a taskforce charged with slashing emergency department wait times.