WA government takes over shuttered Cockburn mental health clinic

WA government takes over shuttered Cockburn mental health clinic

The government has entered into a three-year agreement to lease the clinic,which the South Metro Health Service will operate.

  • byHamish Hastie

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St John eyes expansion of urgent care network as Medicare clinics move in

St John eyes expansion of urgent care network as Medicare clinics move in

When St John WA opened the doors to its urgent care clinics across suburban Perth to ease demand on overrun emergency departments,all you needed was your Medicare card.

  • bySarah Brookes
Leaked data reveals Victorian hospitals strapped for cash
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Leaked data reveals Victorian hospitals strapped for cash

More than half of Victoria’s health services are running low on cash,prompting fears of lay-offs without a major funding injection from the state government.

  • byAnnika Smethurst andKieran Rooney
The common conditions keeping patients in hospital longer

The common conditions keeping patients in hospital longer

A record number of patients with the most serious,life-threatening conditions were treated by paramedics and emergency departments in the last quarter of 2023.

  • byAngus Thomson
The man who shut down a Sydney emergency department
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The man who shut down a Sydney emergency department

Robert Steven Turner has faced court after allegedly sending death threats to nurses,leading to his dramatic arrest at Westmead Hospital.

  • byAngus Thomson
‘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
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‘Not government policy’:Proposed demolition of ED rejected
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‘Not government policy’:Proposed demolition of ED rejected

The $36 million facility,which opens next month,was slated to be demolished under the hospital’s long-term master plan.

  • byAngus Thomson
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
Casual nurses booted from Busselton Hospital jobs due to ‘admin error’

Casual nurses booted from Busselton Hospital jobs due to ‘admin error’

Casual nurses at Busselton Hospital have had their employment canned at the last minute in what the union claims are an effort to claw back budget blowouts.

  • byHamish Hastie
Paper undies are a small price to pay for such a great sleep
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Paper undies are a small price to pay for such a great sleep

Now,I’m no Michael Jackson,but I do enjoy a light anaesthetic.

  • byKerri Sackville
If you build it,will they come? Calls for a rethink on social infrastructure planning

If you build it,will they come? Calls for a rethink on social infrastructure planning

For most,the quality – or otherwise – of their life can come down to one word – access. So how does Brisbane fare?

  • byCameron Atfield