Hospitals in crisis
Concerns were raised before hospital deaths report, says expert
Three people died by suicide and two survived attempts at Prince Charles Hospital’s mental health unit in Brisbane between December 2022 and April 2024, triggering the independent review.
- by Savannah Meacham and Fraser Barton
Latest
Ask parents about concerns, coroner tells hospitals after finding toddler’s death preventable
A Victorian coroner says the 2021 death of Noah Souvatzis after a visit to an understaffed regional hospital should prompt medical staff to pay more attention to parents’ concerns.
- by Erin Pearson
Devastated Perth parents slam findings over their toddler son’s death
The family of 21-month-old Sandipan Dhar, who died from undiagnosed leukemia, are rejecting Ramsay Health Care’s finding that he received “appropriate” care.
- by Holly Thompson
Opinion
Opinion
Funding alone is not the magic bullet in fixing Victoria’s hospital crisis
No amount of funding will improve service delivery if we cannot find nurses to fill positions under current conditions and improve healthcare culture.
- by John Wilson
The longest surgery wait list, budget cuts and a disputed $500m hospital fix
Anger is boiling over in Albury-Wodonga, where the waiting list for planned surgery is already the worst in regional Victoria.
- by Benjamin Preiss
Coming to a hospital near you: People to be filmed in bodycam trial
Health Minister Ryan Park, announcing the plan to give security guards body-worn cameras, said the upwards trend in physical attacks was unacceptable.
- by Christopher Harris
‘I still hope it’s all a dream’: Woman grieves baby’s death at Joondalup hospital
A bereaved woman whose baby Amir died in the hours between his induction and his birth at Joondalup Health Campus says she still has “no answers” from the staff.
- by Emma Young
Opinion
Medicine
The care has been stripped from WA healthcare. But we can turn things around
A Perth doctor says that WA’s healthcare system is at a crisis point. But she hopes that if action is taken at all levels, it will become a turning point.
- by Dr Lucy Caratti
The people’s verdict: What you made of the NSW budget
From builders and electricians to health workers and concerned parents, here’s what the people made of Daniel Mookhey’s second budget.
- by Angus Thomson, Anthony Segaert and Michael Koziol
Patients are flooding NSW hospitals in record numbers. The solution might be a bitter pill
Waiting room chairs, hallways and overflow tents: If you’ve been to a NSW hospital this year, you know the challenge facing the health minister.
- by Angus Thomson
Minister vows to assess bulk-billing as Joondalup Hospital probe begins
The health department will join a review of hospital services, and what people pay for GPs in Perth’s north will be scrutinised, after the death of toddler Sandipan Dhar.
- by Jesinta Burton