The government has entered into a three-year agreement to lease the clinic,which the South Metro Health Service will operate.
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.
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.
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.
Robert Steven Turner has faced court after allegedly sending death threats to nurses,leading to his dramatic arrest at Westmead Hospital.
It took 15 days and three trips to hospital before Geoff Martin learned he had a life-threatening condition.
The $36 million facility,which opens next month,was slated to be demolished under the hospital’s long-term master plan.
The state’s doctors have been left without federal representation following a public split between the national and WA Australian Medical Association branches.
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.
Now,I’m no Michael Jackson,but I do enjoy a light anaesthetic.
For most,the quality – or otherwise – of their life can come down to one word – access. So how does Brisbane fare?