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Victorian hospitals baulk at health network overhaul
At least two health services have asked to be removed from proposed network, saying patient care will suffer.
- by Broede Carmody and Henrietta Cook
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Jingle bells fall silent as Christmas starts with sale of churches
Three churches have hit the property market just in time for Christmas, including St Kilda’s landmark Presbyterian Church.
- by Nicole Lindsay
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Shared beds, staff and radiology: The government’s plan to cut costs in our hospitals
A Victorian government plan to consolidate resources and services across hospitals is being slammed as creating mergers by stealth.
- by Henrietta Cook and Broede Carmody
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Public hospitals get green light on robotic surgery – but there’s a catch
The technology is favoured by many surgeons, but it’s expensive and hospitals face hurdles paying for it.
- by Henrietta Cook
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A stroke victim waited hours for a bed. These doctors want answers
Doctors at Northern Beaches Hospital have raised several concerning incidents in their submission to an independent audit of the privately run public hospital.
- by Angus Thomson
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Hospital retreats from plan to slash nurses’ hours
The backdown by the Royal Melbourne has increased pressure on Alfred Health to reinstate a four-day working week for its 2025 graduate nurses.
- by Broede Carmody and Gemma Grant
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NSW elective surgery waitlist doubles in three months
Winter viruses and rolling industrial action have caused more people to wait longer than is recommended for knee and hip replacements, among other operations.
- by Cindy Yin
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Second major Victorian hospital set to slash junior nursing hours
The Royal Melbourne Hospital has joined Alfred Health in warning graduates to brace for a cut in working hours, despite hospitals being given an extra $1.5 billion in government funding.
- by Broede Carmody and Brittany Busch
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Alfred Health slashes working hours for incoming graduate nurses
The nursing and widwifery union has slammed the decision, calling it short-sighted, and advised members not to sign the new contracts.
- by Broede Carmody
Watchdog finds WA emergency department data so poor it’s ‘unauditable’
The state’s auditor general has found Health Department systems to track ED patients are outdated, inefficient, frustrating and weak.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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Cash-strapped hospitals crunched by soaring workers’ compensation bills
An analysis of more than 70 annual reports shows health services’ overall WorkCover costs in the last financial year rose 51 per cent.
- by Annika Smethurst and Broede Carmody