Healthcare
Leaders urged to declare Aboriginal child suicides a 'national crisis'
Prime Minister Scott Morrison must declare Indigenous child suicides a national emergency.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Drugs
Queensland doctors backs calls for pill testing at festivals
Queensland's peak medical body has thrown its weight behind calls for pill testing to be used at all music festivals, saying it could save lives.
- by Stuart Layt
Aged care royal commission
'I felt blackmailed': heavy-handed tactics in the aged care industry
One registered nurse managing in-home care had 120 patients, leaving her with little time for individuals.
- by Harriet Alexander
Healthcare
Warnings of visits to aged-care homes as summer flu rates skyrocket
People with the symptoms of flu are being urged not to visit elderly relatives following a surge of outbreaks at NSW aged-care facilities.
- by Kate Aubusson
Smoking & vaping
Squinting smokers: Price boards shrunk under tough new tobacco laws
Changes to the signage include the smaller price boards and updated graphic health warnings to be displayed next to where tobacco information is displayed.
- by Hamish Hastie
Hospitals
Emergency department staff concerns 'not my responsibility': WA Health Minister
“I do not strut up and down the corridors of the wards counting the numbers of nurses, doctors and allied health staff to ensure that they are there.”
- by Daile Cross and Lauren Pilat
Hospitals
'Completely intolerable': peak body slams three-day hospital wait
The nation's peak body for emergency doctors is calling for more to be done manage patient flows to prevent emergency department wait times of up to three days.
- by Stuart Layt
Illness
Silicosis victim's brother also suffering from deadly disease
The brother of silicosis victim Anthony White has revealed he too has been diagnosed with the deadly disease, amid calls for a national response to the crisis.
- by Stuart Layt
Healthcare
Canberra Now: Drone supporters take flight, women's Calvary concerns
All the news in the capital this Wednesday.
- by Sally Whyte
Healthcare
'You're talking about a lot of money': Why Mothercraft is leaving QEII
A bigger organisation is needed to contend with the costs associated with running the Curtin family centre, the society says.
- by Cassandra Morgan
Healthcare
'My kids matter, too': Rachel's struggle to raise money for brain operation
She has the occasional good day, enjoying some quality time with her kids. But the tumour takes even that from her, the memory of a recent day wiped out.
- by Daile Cross