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Blacktown Hospital nurses and midwives revolt over staffing and patient safety fears
NSW Health has been given 48 hours to address their concerns or face the possibility of industrial action.
- by Kate Aubusson
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$30 billion to fight COVID-19 over next five years
The NSW government has committed $30 billion to a COVID health and economic package, with treasury forecasters working on an assumption that a vaccine will be available by mid-next year.
- by Kate Aubusson
Editorial
Coronavirus pandemic
NSW will face health challenges even after the pandemic ends
The health system has responded well to COVID-19 but it has failed to deal with other well-understood medical issues.
- The Herald's View
WA 'not ready' for COVID-19 outbreak as doctors and nurses warn PPE sits in warehouses
Just days before the borders lift, the top bodies representing the state's nurses and doctors have taken aim at the government, saying health staff were yet to be trained and properly fitted with PPE.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
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Babies
Blacktown obstetricians get operating theatre after threat to resign en masse
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard directed senior health bureaucrats to find a way to resolve a bitter dispute at Blacktown Hospital to prevent all 20 obstetricians resigning.
- by Kate Aubusson
Obstetricians resign en masse from western Sydney hospital
Up to 20 obstetricians have resigned from Blacktown Hospital in protest over staffing issues within the obstetrics unit.
- by Kate Aubusson
Melbourne’s COVID wards disband as only two patients remain
At the peak of the second wave in Victoria, more than 670 people were in hospital with coronavirus. Now healthcare workers are hailing a 'huge step forward'.
- by Aisha Dow
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Coronavirus pandemic
COVID-19 hospital worker infections prompt ventilation audit
The ventilation systems of Victorian hospitals are set to be audited amid claims hundreds of health support workers weren't included in the COVID-19 healthcare worker count despite becoming infected with coronavirus.
- by Aisha Dow
'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
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Coronavirus pandemic
Andrews government weighs up single hospital for all COVID-19 cases
The Andrews government is in discussions about using a single "coronavirus hospital" to treat all COVID-19 patients as part of a plan aimed at freeing up the healthcare system.
- by Melissa Cunningham and Michael Fowler
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Pregnancy
Unbearable grief: parents want answers over their baby's 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