Queensland Health has adopted a five-point,$20 million plan to address ambulance ramping after two people died in as many days.
Wednesday’s nine-hour digital outage at public hospitals came hot on the heels of two deaths attributed to medical delays.
More than 100,000 samples may need to be retested after another DNA testing bungle was exposed at Queensland’s troubled forensic lab.
The health minister stepped in following a string of allegations that sexual assault victims had been turned away by emergency departments.
Queensland’s Chief Health Officer says he would feel safe having a heart transplant at a Brisbane hospital after two people died amid claims of a potentially deadly fungal outbreak.
Queensland will offer expanded GP incentives and urge students to take up health careers as it grapples with national workforce shortages and surging demand.
NSW residents with a terminal illness will be able to legally choose the timing of their death from next month.
One of the world’s best children’s hospitals is the Queensland Children’s Hospital at South Brisbane,according to a vote by 40,000 health professionals.
The Health Minister says improved DNA testing procedures have already led to a murder and serious sexual assault cases being brought before the courts.
Population growth and an ageing population means other health targets are being missed.
The chicken product has been linked to food-poisoning cases in Queensland,NSW and Victoria,however the source of two other clusters is still under investigation.