Burnout,shortages:Killing spree puts psychiatry struggles in spotlight

Burnout,shortages:Killing spree puts psychiatry struggles in spotlight

Joel Cauchi targeted women during Saturday’s attack. While his overall motivations remain unclear,his mental health has been raised as a contributing factor,highlighting support needed across the sector.

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‘Spying’ photo of SMS in parliament sparks apologies and call for probe

‘Spying’ photo of SMS in parliament sparks apologies and call for probe

The publication of a photo of a message from now-Premier Steven Miles on a Labor MP’s phone during a Queensland parliament sitting has fuelled a political fight.

  • byMatt Dennien
Free female-focused clinics announced as byelections loom

Free female-focused clinics announced as byelections loom

Queensland Women’s Week has kicked off with a $46 million state government commitment to build four free walk-in clinics for women and children.

  • byCameron Atfield
Publicly funded IVF on the way for Queensland women

Publicly funded IVF on the way for Queensland women

More women and girls suffering complex medical conditions like cancer will have access to cheaper reproductive care after Queensland became the latest state to announce public funding for fertility treatments.

  • byJacob Shteyman
Health giant refuses to open patient files for Medicare probe
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Health giant refuses to open patient files for Medicare probe

A company with dozens of diagnostic imaging centres in Queensland has been taken to court by the Medicare watchdog over alleged “inappropriate practice”.

  • bySean Parnell
Satellite hospitals causing confusion:AMA

Satellite hospitals causing confusion:AMA

The Queensland opposition has renewed calls for the state’s new “satellite hospitals” to be renamed,after reports some patients were confused about where to go in an emergency.

  • byCameron Atfield
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Rethink needed over confusing medical language which can lead to error

Rethink needed over confusing medical language which can lead to error

Researchers and academics are showing common sense in opposing the alteration of medical language to accommodate transgender and gender-diverse people.

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Pay rise for Royal Flying Doctor Service nurses still up in the air

Pay rise for Royal Flying Doctor Service nurses still up in the air

Nurses working for the famous service will not receive the Christmas Eve pay rise they bargained after nine months of wrangling stalled.

  • byTony Moore
Health chief admits patient’s death ‘preventable’

Health chief admits patient’s death ‘preventable’

Queensland Health has apologised and admitted that “significant failings” led to the “preventable” death of a 45-year-old neurodiverse patient.

  • byAaron Bunch
Qld mother demands answers after son starved to death in hospital

Qld mother demands answers after son starved to death in hospital

The Gold Coast woman wants an inquest into her 45-year-old son’s death after Queensland Health admitted “significant failures in his care”.

  • byDan Nolan
Safety alert after bacterial outbreak linked to death of Qld patient

Safety alert after bacterial outbreak linked to death of Qld patient

Hospitals have been ordered to quarantine imported saline products which appear to be contaminated with a form of bacterium normally found in soil and water.

  • byFraser Barton