Hospitals in crisis
‘Queensland has the money that we need’: Doctors’ $600m request for budget
The peak medical body said a recent audit of the mental health levy proved there was money to address chronic underinvestment across the sector.
- Courtney Kruk
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- Opinion
- Doctors at work
Wonder why emergency doctors are quitting? Spend a day in my shoes
It’s a privilege to care for patients and families during their hardest moments. However, this can also come at a real cost to doctors like me.
- Rachael Gill
‘Back door to a bailout’: Why NSW rejected a $2 offer to buy back mould-ridden hospital
With a mould infestation and a long list of maintenance issues to fix, $2 could become hundreds of millions.
- Kate Aubusson and Jessica McSweeney
- Opinion
- Opinion
Our hospital system is cracking. Doctors know how to fix it but no one will listen
Staff are being attacked and corridors are at times jammed with sick people. Doctors who see the horror have ideas to fix it, but are not allowed to talk about it.
- Neil Mitchell
More than 100 NSW hospital construction sites probed after fungus fail
Authorities have identified the most likely source of the outbreak that caused the deaths of two patients at a prestigious Sydney hospital.
- Angus Thomson and Kate Aubusson
‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’: WA women’s mental health beds to be used for aged care patients
The Cook government’s winter health strategy will see the number of women’s mental health beds at the Cockburn Health facility shrink by one-third, according to a leaked letter.
- Hamish Hastie
Family of grandmother left in Midland hospital corridor for 48 hours lash WA health system
Elsie Gribben’s family took her to the hospital on Tuesday after she was complaining of leg pain and picked her up two day later without a diagnosis.
- Hamish Hastie
Queensland emergency departments hit 10-year low, report shows
A nationwide review of public hospitals showed significant strain on Queensland’s public healthcare system, with only half of patients presenting to emergency seen within the recommended window.
- Courtney Kruk
- Exclusive
- Perth
Heart surgeons stood down amid staffing ‘crisis’ at major Perth hospital
Documents released to this masthead under Freedom of Information laws detail challenges Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital’s cardiothoracic surgery unit, largely throughout 2024 and 2025.
- Holly Thompson
How a deadly fungus cluster exposed NSW’s wicked hospital problem
Many of NSW’s 4400 hospital buildings are ageing and riddled with mould, but a $940 million upgrade of one Sydney hospital may have disturbed spores deadly to some of its sickest patients.
- Angus Thomson and Michael Ruffles