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'Long term effects of the pandemic, bushfires will be severe. The recovery will take years'
Australia’s GPs warn the mental and physical health consequences of 2020 will be severe and demand radical reforms to cope with the long years of recovery ahead.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Why do some people get hay fever and what can they do about it?
Noses start to twitch as pollens sweep in with spring. What is hay fever, how does it relate to COVID-19 and why is it important to nip symptoms in the bud?
- by Hanna Mills Turbet and Craig Butt
Queensland's end-of-life funding falls short by millions, says AMAQ
The AMAQ says much more needs to be invested in palliative care, ahead of the state government introducing euthanasia legislation.
- by Stuart Layt
'Well below what's reasonable': Death prompts rethink on regional hospitals
A local doctor will be rehired in regional NSW after a woman bled to death in the emergency department while being treated via telehealth.
- by Amelia McGuire
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus does not care about how our federation works
This virus will just as happily hitch a ride with someone flying interstate as with someone visiting the local pub. Which we means we now need a national approach to testing and tracing.
- by John Kaldor
No office on-switch as CHO predicts workplaces may change forever
On the day Victoria recorded no new cases, Brett Sutton predicted some offices would reopen by Christmas but warned there will be no single day when workers will head back to their desks and that workplaces will be very different.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Mathew Dunckley
'It's just one of those magic moments': the powerful image helping women in their time of anxiety
Taking inspiration from the nearby coast, the Royal Hospital for Women breast cancer diagnostic room now includes a striking, wall-sized image of one of Sydney’s favourite swim spots by former Sydney Morning Herald photographer Dallas Kilponen.
- by Helen Pitt
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Hospitals
Parents want answers over death
A damning investigation into the death of the fourth newborn to die unexpectedly at Blacktown Hospital within 18 months has uncovered multiple and repeated failures that her grieving parents cannot comprehend.
- by Kate Aubusson
Parts of Sydney's north and east ranked among the worst for GP access
People living in parts of Sydney's northern beaches and eastern suburbs are disproportionately forgoing or delaying GP visits due to costs.
- by Pallavi Singhal
'What is the point?': vast majority of older Australians don't lodge aged care complaints
Some thought their concerns were too trivial or minor, the research said. In reality, some were serious complaints about abuse, including being hurt, shouted at by staff or being forced to wear an incontinence pad.
- by Julie Power
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Homelessness
Bob slept on trains. Now he has a home. The fix was simpler than you might think
Economists and social workers agree homelessness can be solved. But how?
- by Sherryn Groch