A small number of NSW hospitals currently offer same-day discharge. The NSW government’s surgical taskforce wants to expand the option to the rest of the state.
There are calls for an independent inquiry into the management of the Western Sydney Local Health District amid fresh bullying claims and a staff exodus.
Court documents revealed the male patient allegedly spent 30 minutes crawling along the floor behind chairs he had set up in the ward earlier to avoid CCTV as he made his way to the girl’s room.
WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch said police prepared a brief of evidence for the Director of Public Prosecutions and charged the boy,but revealed the victim’s family did not want to proceed.
Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson said staff did not follow protocols and revealed disciplinary action had been taken against four PCH staff for their “inexplicable” decisions.
Have a hole in your lung? Need your gall bladder removed when you’re 22 weeks’ pregnant? You might have to wait 21 hours for treatment.
Stroke patients in western Sydney wait three times longer for a life-saving treatment,with NSW Health refusing to roll out the service despite existing capabilities.
Former midwife Karen Buckley has nightmares about dead babies. She says it’s a result of trauma on the job and understaffing,and she wants urgent change.
Two-person ambulance crews are routinely stuck at emergency departments for hours before they are cleared to pick up a new patient.
Emergency department wait times have reached a record high while hospitals and paramedics in NSW are treating record numbers with life-threatening conditions.
Minister Ryan Park says a royal commission-style inquiry will examine the entire NSW health system,including a root-and-branch review of the state’s hospitals.