‘Sleeping is not part of your job description’:Doctors warned against naps

‘Sleeping is not part of your job description’:Doctors warned against naps

Manning Base Hospital administration will apologise to junior doctors after removing a mattress from their break room.

  • byAmber Schultz

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‘It was never about the money’:NSW’s junior doctors win $230m payout
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‘It was never about the money’:NSW’s junior doctors win $230m payout

At the end of a 100-hour week,Dr Amireh Fakhouri was too exhausted to drive home. Now she has helped win record backpay for 20,000 colleagues.

  • byAngus Thomson
Shift nurses just want to feel safe at night. These are the artists trying to help

Shift nurses just want to feel safe at night. These are the artists trying to help

A new art project asks Sydneysiders to walk the streets of Randwick to honour healthcare workers and help make them feel safer.

  • byJane Albert
Surgeon’s licence must have restrictions imposed

Surgeon’s licence must have restrictions imposed

William Mooney was found to have provided substandard care,lied and been unethical. The Herald is troubled he has been cleared to reapply for his licence.

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‘My brain exploded’:Geoff thought he had the flu,but he was wrong

‘My brain exploded’:Geoff thought he had the flu,but he was wrong

It took 15 days and three trips to hospital before Geoff Martin learned he had a life-threatening condition.

  • byMegan Gorrey
Hysterical,drama queen:How two-thirds of Australian women say they feel at the doctor
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Hysterical,drama queen:How two-thirds of Australian women say they feel at the doctor

A woman who went to the GP complaining about abdominal pain during sex was told:“You’re 70 years old;of course sex is going to hurt.” Three days later,her appendix burst.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
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Peak WA doctors’ body splinters from national group in ugly spat over membership money
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Peak WA doctors’ body splinters from national group in ugly spat over membership money

The state’s doctors have been left without federal representation following a public split between the national and WA Australian Medical Association branches.

  • byHamish Hastie
Doctors push for formal role in nation’s disaster response planning

Doctors push for formal role in nation’s disaster response planning

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has proposed the creation of a centralised register of local doctors and general practices willing to respond to disasters.

  • byLisa Visentin
‘My life changed for the worse that day’:Why Julie can’t go to work any more

‘My life changed for the worse that day’:Why Julie can’t go to work any more

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.

  • byLaura Banks andAngus Thomson
People dying overseas without WA gas,premier says

People dying overseas without WA gas,premier says

The West Australian premier has doubled down on recent commentary about the importance of the state’s role in continuing to approve new gas supply projects.

  • byHamish Hastie
$800 for three minutes:Workers’ idea to control runaway healthcare costs
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$800 for three minutes:Workers’ idea to control runaway healthcare costs

The powerful Health Services Union is lobbying to strip bulk-billing rights from doctors who charge more than double the Medicare rebate.

  • byAngus Thomson andLaura Banks