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Regional hospitals across South Australia are at risk of losing their mains power during future load shedding blackouts.
Topics: health, health-administration, health-policy, healthcare-facilities, mount-gambier-5290, sa, penola-5277, millicent-5280, murray-bridge-5253
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| UpdatedPatients are getting stuck in emergency rooms and elective surgery wait times are the longest they have been in 15 years, an Australian Medical Association report shows, labelling the system virtually stagnant and "woeful".
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health-policy, health-administration, australia
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| UpdatedOnce it's fully operational, the NDIS will be one of the biggest Government-funded program after Medicare. But where will those funds come from?
Topics: disabilities, health, health-administration, health-insurance, health-policy, australia
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| UpdatedIndependent senator Jacqui Lambie says she is considering fielding candidates for her own political party at the next Tasmanian election if nothing is done to fix the state's health system.
Topics: government-and-politics, immigration, refugees, states-and-territories, health-policy, elections, tas
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is applauding progress in health and education ahead of the release of the latest report card into Indigenous disadvantage.
Topics: indigenous-policy, health-policy, education, australia
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| UpdatedLegal action has ended over the delayed Royal Adelaide Hospital build, the South Australian Government says, and construction should finish in March.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health, health-policy, states-and-territories, programs-and-initiatives, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe Government approves a nearly 5 per cent increase in premiums but the Prime Minister urges people to stick with private health insurance.
Topics: health, health-insurance, health-policy, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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As the SA Government unveils a new campaign aimed at reducing violence in hospitals, nurses call for the right to refuse treatment to aggressive patients.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health-policy, occupational-health-and-safety, health, social-media, sa, adelaide-5000
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Rorting might happen once the private sector takes over some public sector elderly and disability services in South Australia, a union warns.
Topics: health-policy, older-people, disabilities, states-and-territories, health, government-and-politics, sa, adelaide-5000
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With recent data on smoking rates confirming its prevalence and power in Australia's regions, one country town is using friendship and fundraising to help its residents kick the habit.
Topics: smoking, health-policy, healthcare-facilities, regional, trangie-2823, dubbo-2830, orange-2800
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| UpdatedDi Wilschefski was talking about guardian angels when she was struck down by cardiac arrest on Serendipity Drive, where her life was saved by a cardiac nurse and a portable defibrillator.
Topics: emergency-incidents, medical-procedures, healthcare-facilities, health-policy, people, samford-4520, melbourne-3000
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A Tasmanian mum who lost her 16-year-old son to suicide enlists the help of Lifeline in a bid to fill a gap in services for those affected by similar tragedies.
Topics: suicide, mental-health, healthcare-facilities, health-policy, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedMid North Coast Aboriginal health services attract new funding.
Topics: aboriginal, health-policy, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, health, mental-health, healthcare-facilities, regional, coffs-harbour-2450, port-macquarie-2444
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| UpdatedA national approach to the deadly W strain of Meningococcal disease is being considered by Australia's health chief, as concerns rise over an increase in the number of cases.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, vaccines-and-immunity, diseases-and-disorders, health-policy, australia, wa, nsw
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| UpdatedVeteran New South Wales Health Minister Jillian Skinner announces her retirement from politics amid speculation she was going to be dumped from the Government's frontbench.
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, state-parliament, states-and-territories, health-administration, health-policy, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThere are concerns that exploitation and abuse of older people is being allowed to flourish in NSW because the state is delaying introducing safeguards to protect the rights of the elderly.
Topics: older-people, health, aged-care, community-and-society, health-policy, government-and-politics, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedAs construction continues on the often-delayed new Royal Adelaide Hospital, the ABC looks at the big questions surrounding the costly project.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, health, health-policy, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedMedicinal cannabis is harder to get than ever before, so advocates are banding together to launch a new campaign for better access.
Topics: cannabis, health-policy, australia
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| UpdatedProposed industrial action by nurses at two of Adelaide's major public hospitals is called off after the union and SA Health are able to come to an agreement on the closure of a number of beds.
Topics: health-policy, health-administration, health, healthcare-facilities, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedProposed industrial action by nurses at two of Adelaide's major public hospitals could lead to patients waiting in ambulances outside emergency departments, the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine says.
Topics: health, health-policy, healthcare-facilities, health-administration, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, state-parliament, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedConsumer advocacy group Choice launches an online calculator to help people decide whether to pay for health insurance.
Topics: health-insurance, health-policy, health, australia
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Nurses will take industrial action at two major Adelaide hospitals this weekend, limiting numbers in emergency departments to try to have targeted bed closures scrapped.
Topics: health-policy, health-administration, healthcare-facilities, health, government-and-politics, state-parliament, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedIndustry Minister Greg Hunt is a front-runner for the role of health minister after the resignation of Sussan Ley, the ABC understands, with Arthur Sinodinos expected to step into Mr Hunt's role.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, health, health-policy
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Topics: mental-health, suicide, healthcare-facilities, health-policy, orange-2800
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| UpdatedA $250 million funding boost by the Federal Government to the nation's organ donation system has seen a 16 per cent increase in the number of Australians deciding to donate their organs.
Topics: health-policy, doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, healthcare-facilities, act, nsw, qld, sa, tas, wa