A new dedicated unit at Westmead Hospital is designed to protect staff and patients in the waiting room amid escalating violence in NSW’s emergency departments.
Dr Melanie Jansen meets parents on the worst day of their lives. She has found an unusual way of coping with the stress.
Kate Drummond removed a piece of my brain. That might be the least interesting thing about her.
Patients spent longer in NSW emergency departments than at any point since 2010. See how your hospital stacks up.
Australians at risk of bowel cancer in some of the poorest communities are missing out on procedures to diagnose the condition,while people in affluent areas are coming back too soon.
The six-day-old boy was rushed to hospital and given overdose medication after the mistake,which has left Dr Mohammad Sharier with a six-month ban.
Doctors and patients have urged the NSW health minister to intervene in the latest mass resignation to hit the state’s public health system.
The shock announcement came just hours before doctors were due to move a vote of no confidence in his handling of a backlog of patients waiting for diagnostic procedures.
A woman diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer after 363 days is among dozens of cases which have led doctors at one of Sydney’s biggest hospitals to sound the alarm.
Staff at Sydney’s busiest hospital say a lack of space is leaving some patients stuck in emergency for days,four years after a $900 million spend on more beds.