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‘We need more people’: Healthcare watchdog survey reveals under-staffing, bullying
Staff at the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency have reported unsustainable workloads and plummeting faith in leadership to drive change.
- by Charlotte Grieve
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Annette was 39 when she felt a pain like ‘a knife through the back of my chest’
Twenty years on, Annette Maher and her sister are helping scientists in their quest to find the cause of heart attacks affecting otherwise fit and healthy women.
- by Angus Thomson
‘Couldn’t believe it’: Top doctor’s shock after hospital destroyed records following Adam’s death
Adam Fitzpatrick, 20, was left brain-dead after “mistakes were made” in the intensive care unit of a major Sydney hospital.
- by Carrie Fellner
‘What’s the real risk?’ Gender transition insurance cover cut for GPs
One of Australia’s largest medical indemnity providers has cut coverage for GPs treating transgender adolescents because of concerns over the risk of regret.
- by Angus Thomson
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Online doctors banned from ‘tick-and-flick’ prescribing to patients
The Medical Board of Australia will release new rules for telehealth companies that will deal a significant blow to many start-ups that sell and prescribe drugs online.
- by Henrietta Cook and Aisha Dow
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Without warning, Daniel lost his hearing in one ear. It never returned
Almost every day, a patient presents at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital’s emergency department with a sudden and mysterious loss of hearing. But the hospital’s experts are working on a solution.
- by Henrietta Cook
Peel Health Campus to reopen after black mould scare
A staged reopening of the Peel Health Campus is expected to begin over the coming days after test results confirmed the mould uncovered in the air vents last week was easily treatable.
- by Jesinta Burton
How to shield your children from lurking lurgies
Two Qld experts unravel the mystery of why some kids seem to catch every bug doing the rounds, and offer ways to protect them.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Kirsty received a uterus transplant in January. Now, she’s pregnant
Kirsty Bryant’s second child will be the first in Australia born after a uterus transplant, giving further hope to women previously told they were unable to bear children.
- by Angus Thomson
‘Over it’: Millions drop their guard against deadly winter threats
Almost 3 million people aged over 65 have not received a COVID-19 shot in the past six months, despite advice for them to do so by June.
- by Mary Ward
Patients relocated, theatres close after Mandurah hospital mould discovery
More than 30 patients at Peel Health Campus will be relocated, three operating theatres will be closed, and ambulances will be redirected following the discovery of black mould in the air vents.
- by Jesinta Burton