Healthcare
Opinion
Healthcare
'Silo effect’: Canberra doctors need more experience outside the ACT
Many health practitioners have limited experience outside the ACT, leaving our health system lagging behind others and contributing to issues with culture.
- by Arnagretta Hunter
Latest
Healthcare
Canberra Now: Health inquiry slammed & dig threatens power pole
Plus your daily David Pope cartoon (this one's a scream).
- by Sherryn Groch
Health
Calls for full inquiry as minister's review labelled 'half-baked'
Health Minister Meegan Fitzharris says a full judicial inquiry into ACT Health could turn into a "witch hunt".
- by Daniella White
Medicine
WA parents urged to take up vaccine offer as thousands of kids remain at risk
There are concerns only half the children most at risk of contracting meningococcal A,C,W and Y strains have been vaccinated.
- by Ryan Johnson
Opinion
Healthcare
Why the AMA decided there needed to be a review of ACT Health
An almost non-stop series of crises and complaints in the local health system over an extended period prompted the association to say enough is enough.
- by Antonio Di Dio
Healthcare
Canberra Now: Inquiry launched at ACT Health and Qbn cop shortage
Plus pictures of Canberra's favourite cheetah cub!
- by Sherryn Groch
Opinion
Healthcare
Yes we're living longer, but there's a chronic catch...
The bad news is we are living with increasing disability and decreased quality of life due to chronic disease.
- by Lisa Murphy
Exclusive
Healthcare
Australia's IVF rates revealed: one in every 25 births an IVF baby
IVF mothers and babies having elevated rates of complications, including miscarriage, caesarean and premature births.
- by Kate Aubusson
Exclusive
Healthcare
How Jodie's touch helped premature baby Georgia thrive in neonatal ICU
At a neonatal unit in Sydney, parents are taking roles normally reserved for nurses. And their babies are thriving.
- by Esther Han
Exclusive
Healthcare
Doctors can’t 'stand in the way' of euthanasia patients
As Victoria’s new assisted dying laws get closer, fresh details are emerging about how hospitals will respond.
- by Aisha Dow
Science
Blood test to better predict heart attacks being developed in Melbourne
The scientists behind the research want to bring cholesterol testing, which is now more than 50 years old, firmly into the 21st century.
- by Liam Mannix